rуе (1), reye

[A. S. ryge; Icel. rúgr; Sw. råg; Dut. rogge; Ger. roggen. From the Teutonic type ruga rye.] 1. Botany : Secale cereale . The glumes are on enerved and shorter than the spikelet, the rachis is very tough. Not known in a wild state. It is the prevailing grain cultivated in the south of Sweden and Norway, in Denmark, Holland, the north of Germany, and part of Siberia. It is cultivated to a small extent in England, and somewhat more exten sively in America. It grows on poor light soils unsuitable for wheat. The value of rye is about on the Lea, near Broxbourne, in Herts. A wagon, it is said, was to have been overturned in a narrow lane in front of the royal carriage bringing Charles II. and the Duke of York (afterward James II.) from Newmarket races. When the vehicle stopped, both were to have been shot. A fire at Newmarket, March 22, 1683, delayed their return, and, on June 12, the plot was discovered. On July 21, Lord William Ru ell and, on December 7, Algernon Sidney were executed for alleged participation in the plot. The proprietor of the Rye House, Rumbold, and others also suffered. (See example under BOOTED, 2.)