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rye whiskey

–noun
rye 1 (defs. 4, 5).

Origin:
1775–85, Americanism

rye

1[rahy] ,
–noun
1. a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
2. the seeds or grain of this plant, used for making flour and whiskey, and as a livestock feed.
3. rye bread.
4. a straight whiskey distilled from a mash containing 51 percent or more rye grain.
5. Northeastern U.S. and Canada. a blended whiskey.
–adjective
6. made with rye grain or flour: rye rolls.
Also called rye whiskey (for defs. 4, 5).


Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE ryge; c. ON rūgr; akin to D rogge, G Roggen
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Word Origin & History

rye 
O.E. ryge, from P.Gmc. *ruig (cf. O.S. roggo, O.N. rugr, O.Fris. rogga, M.Du. rogghe, O.H.G. rocko, Ger. Roggen), probably originally from Balto-Slavic (cf. O.C.S. ruzi, Rus. rozhi "rye;" Lith. rugys "grain of rye," pl. rugiai). Meaning "whiskey" first attested 1835.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: rye
Pronunciation: 'rI
Function: noun
1 : a hardy annual grass (Secale cereale) that is widely grown for grain and as a cover crop
2 : the seeds of rye used for bread flour, whiskey manufacture, feed for farm animals (as poultry), and especially formerly in the roasted state as a coffee substitute
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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