cade
cade is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Bred by hand; domesticated; petted. He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon.
- 2.To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [Obs.] Johnson.
- 3.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.
- 4.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 (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is bred by hand; domesticated; petted. He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon called?
- What is to bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [Obs.] Johnson called?
- What is 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 called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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