rye vs wry :

Definitions
  rye
  • n  the seed of the cereal grass
  • n  hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
  • n  whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt
  wry
  • s  humorously sarcastic or mocking
    with a wry Scottish wit
  • s  bent to one side
    a wry neck
News & Articles
  rye
  • Pelham rugby grabs Atlantic Cup; Rye Y gymnasts excel
    Clara Farres, Maiyah Johnson, Leah Martins, Nutsa Beradze and Olivia Abbot of the Rye YMCA gymnastics team. / Submitted photo Rachel Waxenberg, Lily Donohue and Chloe Schettino of the Rye YMCA gymastics team.
    June 15, 2013 - The Journal News
  • McGill, Rye beach committee struggle with surf permit
    RYE — Summer Sessions Surf Shop co-owner Tyler McGill is fighting an uphill battle in an effort to ensure the least restrictive measures are in place regarding regulations for organized surfing activities on town beaches.
    June 14, 2013 - Portsmouth Herald
  • Watch: Edward Norton and Martin Sheen Talk 'Catcher in the Rye' in the 'Salinger' Trailer
    When you're a kid and you read 'Catcher in the Rye,' you're just like oh my god -- somebody gets it,says Edward Norton in the trailer for "Salinger," a documentary from "Savages" writer and executive producer Shane Salerno. Norton and other adoring J.D. Salinger fans like actors John Cusack, Danny DeVito and Martin Sheen, writer Tom Wolfe and Pulitzer Prize-winners A. Scott Berg and Elizabeth ...
    June 14, 2013 - indieWIRE
  wry
  • It's a star-spangled banner day for our flag
    MUSCATINE, Iowa — It's a grand old flag, it's a high-flying flag. It's been immortalized in song by musicians past and present, from Francis Scott Key and his star-spangled ode to old glory, to Paul Simon and his wry observance of a loyal but disconnected students who "pledged allegiance to the wall" in their little town.
    June 14, 2013 - Muscatine Journal
  • Holly-Good
    At first blush, Lindsay Good doesn’t come across as the model agent of Hollywood flash. Bookish and bespectacled, the Flathead Valley native is wry and humble, habituated more to the textured crush of an indie rock show or the couth confines of a museum than the glitz and glamor of a red carpet event. She is dear friends with the members of the band The Killers and joined them on the English ...
    June 13, 2013 - Flathead Beacon
  • Holly-Good
    At first blush, Lindsay Good doesn’t come across as the model agent of Hollywood flash. Bookish and bespectacled, the Flathead Valley native is wry and humble, habituated more to the textured crush of an indie rock show or the couth confines of a museum than the glitz and glamor of a red carpet event. She is dear friends with the members of the band The Killers and joined them on the English ...
    June 13, 2013 - Flathead Beacon