caned
simple past tense and past participle of cane
caned (comparative more caned, superlative most caned)
(UK, slang) intoxicated by alcohol or drugs
caned (comparative more caned, superlative most caned)
(UK, dialect) Filled with white flakes; mothery; said of vinegar when containing mother.
• Caden, Dance, Decan, acned, dance, decan
Source: Wiktionary
Caned, a. Etym: [Cf. L. canus white.]
Definition: Filled with white flakes; mothery; -- said vinegar when containing mother. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Cane, n. Etym: [OE. cane, canne, OF. cane, F. canne, L. canna, fr. Gr. qaneh reed. Cf. Canister, canon, 1st Cannon.]
1. (Bot.) (a) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Dæmanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans. (b) Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane. (c) Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry. Like light canes, that first rise big and brave. B. Jonson.
Note: In the Southern United States great cane is the Arundinaria macrosperma, and small cane is. A. tecta.
2. A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane. Stir the fire with your master's cane. Swift.
3. A lance or dart made of cane. [R.] Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign The flying skirmish of the darted cane. Dryden.
4. A local European measure of length. See Canna. Cane borer (Zoö.), A beetle (Oberea bimaculata) which, in the larval state, bores into pith and destroy the canes or stalks of the raspberry, blackberry, etc.
– Cane mill, a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the manufacture of sugar.
– Cane trash, the crushed stalks and other refuse of sugar cane, used for fuel, etc.
Cane, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caned; p. pr. & vb. n. Caning.]
1. To beat with a cane. Macaulay.
2. To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 May 2025
(adjective) (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; “a sharp photographic image”; “the sharp crack of a twig”; “the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
