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CADE
Proper noun
Cade
An English metonymic occupational surname for a cooper.
A male given name from surnames.
Anagrams
• CEDA, aced, dace, deca-, ecad
Etymology 1
Adjective
cade (not comparable)
(of an animal) abandoned by its mother and reared by hand
Verb
cade (third-person singular simple present cades, present participle cading, simple past and past participle caded)
To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame.
Noun
cade (plural cades)
An animal brought up or nourished by hand.
Etymology 2
Noun
cade (plural cades)
western prickly juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, whose wood yields a tar.
Etymology 3
Noun
cade (plural cades)
(archaic) A cask or barrel.
Usage notes
• Used in the British Book of Rates for a determinate number of some sort of fish.
Anagrams
• CEDA, aced, dace, deca-, ecad
Source: Wiktionary
Cade, a. Etym: [Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also Cosset, Coddle.]
Definition: Bred by hand; domesticated; petted. He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon.
Cade, v. t.
Definition: To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [Obs.] Johnson.
Cade, n. Etym: [L. cadus jar, Gr.
Definition: A barrel or cask, as of fish. "A cade of herrings." Shak. A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000. Jacob, Law Dict.
Cade, n. Etym: [F. & Pr.; LL. cada.]
Definition: A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries. Oil of cade, a thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by destructive distillation of the inner wood of the cade. It is used as a local application in skin diseases.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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