Rynd noun [ Etymol. uncertain.] A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.

Ryot (rī"ŏt) noun [ Arabic & Hind. ra'iyat , the same word as ra'iyah , a subject, tenant, peasant. See Rayah .] A peasant or cultivator of the soil. [ India]

The Indian ryot and the Egyptian fellah work for less pay than any other laborers in the world.

The Nation.

Rypophagous (ri*pŏf"ȧ*gŭs) adjective [ Greek "ry`pos filth + fagei^n to eat.] (Zoology) Eating, or subsisting on, filth.

Rys (rīs or rĭs) noun A branch. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Rysh (rĭsh) noun Rush, a plant. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Rysimeter noun See Rhysimeter .

Ryth (rĭth) noun [ Confer Anglo-Saxon rið brook.] A ford. [ Obsolete]

Rytina noun [ New Latin , from Greek "ryti`s a wrinkle.] (Zoology) A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species ( R. Stelleri ); -- called also Steller's sea cow . [ Written also Rhytina .]

» It is now extinct, but was formerly abundant at Behring's Island, near Behring's Straits. It was twenty-five feet or more in length, with a thick, blackish, naked skin. The last were killed in 1768 for their oil and flesh.