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A rya or rye is a traditional Scandinavian wool rug with a long pile of about 1 to 3 inches. [1] They are made using a form of the Ghiordes knot to make the double-sided pile fabric. [ 2 ] Though rya means "rug" in English , the original meaning in Sweden of rya was a bed cover with a knotted pile. [ 3 ]
Unlike corncob bedding, paper bedding has no adverse effects with consumption. [7] Paper is very absorbent, but when saturated with water or urine, a strong odor results. [6] Straw is a soft, dry stalk containing small grains such as barley, oats, rice, rye, and wheat. Straw is easy to handle and available in most agricultural areas.
Bedding, also called bedclothes [1] or bed linen, is the materials laid above the mattress of a bed for hygiene, warmth, protection of the mattress, and decorative effect. Bedding is the removable and washable portion of a human sleeping environment.
Rye (Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is grown principally in an area from Eastern and Northern Europe into Russia. It is much more tolerant of cold weather and poor soil than other cereals, making it useful in those regions; its vigorous growth suppresses weeds and provides abundant forage for animals early in the yea
A tick mattress, bed tick or tick is a large bag made of strong, stiff, tightly-woven material [1] . This is then filled to make a mattress, with material such as straw, chaff, horsehair, coarse wool or down feathers, [2]: 674–5 vol1 and less commonly, leaves, grass, reeds, bracken, or seaweed. [3]
Rabbi Nathan ben Abraham I translated shifon into Judeo-Arabic as sāʾfeh (סאפה), [6] which Zohar Amar claimed is synonymous with an archaic Arabic word for oat, dowsir (دوسر). Rashi translated shifon as seigle ( שיגלא ), [ 7 ] indicating rye ( Secale cereale ), which is not endemic to Israel, but was grown nearby. [ 4 ]
The Pooideae are the largest subfamily of the grass family Poaceae, with about 4,000 species in 15 tribes and roughly 200 genera.They include some major cereals such as wheat, barley, oat, rye and many lawn and pasture grasses.
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