birch vs rute

birch

noun
  • A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment. 

  • A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture. 

  • A birch-bark canoe. 

  • Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere. 

verb
  • To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood. 

  • To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood. 

rute

noun
  • A bundle of thin sticks, typically made of wood, sometimes bond in such a way that binding can be moved so that it varies the tightness of the binding. 

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