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rye, in botany

(Encyclopedia) rye, cereal grain of the family Poaceae (grass family). The grain, Secale cereale, is important chiefly in Central and N Europe. It seems to have been domesticated later than wheat and…

Salinger, J. D.

(Encyclopedia) Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David Salinger)Salinger, J. D.sălˈĭnjər [key], 1919–2010, American novelist and short-story writer, b. New York City. His considerable literary stature rests on…

rye grass

(Encyclopedia) rye grass, short-lived perennial, leafy, tufted plant belonging to the family Poaceae (grass family). Two species are grown in the United States—Italian rye grass (Lolium multiflorum…

J.D. Salinger

Jerome David Salinger -- better known as J.D. Salinger -- wrote The Catcher in the Rye, the classic 20th-century novel of disaffected youth. J.D. Salinger started publishing short stories in the…

Brewer's: Bow-catcher

(A ). A corruption of “Beau Catcher,” a love-curl, termed by the French an accroche coeur. A love-curl worn by a man is a Bell-rope, i.e. a rope to pull the belles with. Source:…

bread

(Encyclopedia) bread, food made from grains that have been ground into flour or meal, moistened and kneaded into a dough, and then baked. Many types of bread are leavened, usually with yeast, which…

Rye, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Rye, city (1990 pop. 14,936), Westchester co., SE N.Y., a suburb of New York City, on Long Island Sound; settled 1660, inc. as a city 1942. It is chiefly residential, with a cancer-…

Rye, town, England

(Encyclopedia) Rye, town (1991 pop. 4,127), East Sussex, SE England, on the Rother River. It is a tourist resort and small port with boatbuilding and netmaking industries. Rye was one of the “ancient…

gnat-catcher

(Encyclopedia) gnat-catcher or gnatwren: see kinglet.

Brewer's: Rye-house Plot

A conspiracy to assassinate Charles II. and his brother James on their way from Newmarket. As the house in which the king was lodging accidentally caught fire, the royal party left eight…