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Entry 4 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Cade

/kād/ · IPA /keɪd/
01 a. Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
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    Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
    “He brought his cade lamb with him.” — Sheldon.
02 v. t. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame.
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    To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame.[Obs.]
03 n. A barrel or cask, as of fish.
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    A barrel or cask, as of fish.
    “A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000.” — Jacob, Law Dict.
04 n. A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries.
  1. 1.
    A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries.
Phrases & compounds
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.