2007-01-23 10:41:00 · 4 answers · asked by ginahugh 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Rye is a grain. It is also an alcohol.
2007-01-23 10:43:53 · answer #1 · answered by istitch2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2007-01-23 19:05:39 · answer #2 · answered by as_myself 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rye is a grain closely related to wheat. You can make awesome bread, flour, beer or even whiskey from it.
2007-01-23 18:44:23 · answer #3 · answered by sam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might mean "wry"...?
That means:
1. produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features: a wry grin.
2. abnormally bent or turned to one side; twisted; crooked: a wry mouth.
3. devious in course or purpose; misdirected.
4. contrary; perverse.
5. distorted or perverted, as in meaning.
6. bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing: a wry remark.
2007-01-24 00:18:29 · answer #4 · answered by rasraster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋