cane vs nutmeg

cane

noun
  • The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae 

  • Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar 

  • Sugar cane 

  • A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment. 

  • A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick 

  • Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like 

  • A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking 

  • A local European measure of length; the canna. 

  • Corporal punishment by beating with a cane. 

  • A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path 

  • A lance or dart made of cane 

  • The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed 

verb
  • to destroy; to comprehensively defeat 

  • To make or furnish with cane or rattan. 

  • to strike or beat with a cane or similar implement 

  • to produce extreme pain 

  • to do something well, in a competent fashion 

nutmeg

noun
  • An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds. 

  • A grey-brown colour. 

  • The powdered seed, ready for use. 

  • The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent. 

  • A whole nutmeg seed. 

  • A small moth, Hadula trifolii, feeding on plants and native to the Northern Hemisphere. 

verb
  • To flavour with nutmeg. 

  • To play the ball between the legs of (an opponent). 

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