Definitions For Cade

Etymology 1

From Middle English cade, kad, kod, ultimately of {{unknown, en, nocap=1}} origin.

Adjective

(not comparable) (of an animal) abandoned by its mother and reared by hand

Verb

cad To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. : (Johnson)

Noun

CADE (plural CADEs) An animal brought up or nourished by hand.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from {{bor, en, frm, cade}} or {{bor, en, pro, cade}}, from {{der, en, la, catanum}}.

Noun

CADE (plural CADEs) {{vern, western prickly juniper}}, Juniperus oxycedrus, whose wood yields a tar.

Translations

Greek: : Ancient: ὀξύκεδρος, f

Etymology 3

Borrowed from {{bor, en, frm, cade, , barrel}}, from {{der, en, la, cadus, , bottle, jar}}.

Noun

CADE (plural CADEs) (archaic) A cask or barrel. : A cade of herrings was a vessel containing 500 herrings, while a cade of sprats contained 1,000.

Usage notes

Used in the British Book of Rates for a determinate number of some sort of fish.

References

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Anagrams

CEDA, aced, dace, deca-, ecad