hyrse

English

Etymology

From Middle English hirse, hyse, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, ultimately from Old High German hirso, from Proto-Germanic *hirsijô, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to feed”). Compare German Hirse.

Noun

hyrse (uncountable)

1. Millet, a cereal grass commonly grown for food.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hyrse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Hyers, Hyres, reysh, shyer