cane vs rick

cane

verb
  • to produce extreme pain 

  • to destroy; to comprehensively defeat 

  • To make or furnish with cane or rattan. 

  • to strike or beat with a cane or similar implement 

  • to do something well, in a competent fashion 

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

  • Sugar cane 

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

  • 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 

rick

verb
  • To slightly sprain or strain the neck, back, ankle etc. 

  • To heap up (hay, etc.) in ricks. 

noun
  • A brand new (naive) boot camp inductee. 

  • Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch. 

  • A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet. 

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