Cade

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cade \Cade\, a. [Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also {Cosset},
     {Coddle}.]
     Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
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           He brought his cade lamb with him.       --Sheldon.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cade \Cade\, v. t.
     To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to
     coddle; to tame. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cade \Cade\, n. [L. cadus jar, Gr. ?.]
     A barrel or cask, as of fish. "A cade of herrings." --Shak.
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           A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000. --Jacob,
                                                    Law Dict.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cade \Cade\, n. [F. & Pr.; LL. cada.]
     A species of juniper ({Juniperus Oxycedrus}) of Mediterranean
     countries.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cade
       adj : (of a young animal) abandoned by its mother and raised by
             hand; "a cade calf"

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  CADE
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