(medicine, archaic) A thorough rubbing, as with an ointment or embrocation.

Shaped like a rod; long and cylindrical. / (biology) Specifically, describing a form of bacterium.

(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.

To replenish (a pasture, lawn, or field) by adding more seeds over top of the existing vegetation (as opposed to tilling and replanting the land).