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n. See Rial, an old English coin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A clause added to a document; a rider. See Rider. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ D. rijder, properly, a rider. ] A gold coin of Zealand [ Netherlands ] equal to 14 florins, about $5.60 (ca. 1910). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. rie, reie, AS. ryge; akin to Icel. rugr, Sw. råg, Dan. rug, D. rogge, OHG. rocco, roggo, G. rocken, roggen, Lith. rugei, Russ. roje, and perh. to Gr. 'o`ryza rice. Cf. Rice. ] 1. (Bot.) A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A disease in a hawk. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rye grass,
Italian rye grass, (Bot.) See under Grass. See also Ray grass, and Darnel. --
Wild rye (Bot.), any plant of the genus Elymus, tall grasses with much the appearance of rye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar. & Hind. ra'iyat, the same word as ra'iyah, a subject, tenant, peasant. See Rayah. ] A peasant or cultivator of the soil. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The Indian ryot and the Egyptian fellah work for less pay than any other laborers in the world. The Nation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. "ry`pos filth + fagei^n to eat.] (Zool.) Eating, or subsisting on, filth. [1913 Webster]

n. A branch. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rush, a plant. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]