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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