What's the difference between nicker and ricker?

Nicker


Definition:

  • (v. t.) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence.
  • (v. t.) The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.

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Ricker


Definition:

  • (n.) A stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A brief reminder is given of the antagonism between cellular pathology (Virchow) and the pathology of relation (Ricker), as well as a reference to the American paper on the "Systems of material transport in nerve fibers" by Sidney Ochs.
  • (2) The results are applied to a stochastic two-species Ricker model, and to Chesson's "lottery model with vacant space", to illustrate how the assumptions can be checked in specific models.
  • (3) Pok Pok PDX on Division Street is chef Andy Ricker’s take on Thai street food, and has spawned branches across the city.
  • (4) I began to take things seriously then, researched all I could, even corralled Michelin-starred chef Andy Ricker , the US champion of Lanna (northern Thai) food into having coffee with me.

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