cane

Definitions

1. 1.A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane.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.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.To beat with a cane. Macaulay.
5. 5.To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane.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 called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs called?