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cade 1
(kād)adj.
Left by its mother and reared by hand: a cade calf.
[Middle English, pet, pet lamb, of unknown origin.]
cade 2
(kād)n.
A bushy juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus) chiefly of the Mediterranean region that is used in horticulture and whose wood yields juniper tar. Also called prickly juniper.
[French, from Provençal, from Old Provençal, from Late Latin catanus, perhaps from a non-Celtic language of pre-Roman Gaul.]
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cade
(keɪd)n
(Plants) a juniper tree, Juniperus oxycedrus of the Mediterranean region, the wood of which yields an oily brown liquid (oil of cade) used to treat skin ailments
[C16: via Old French from Old Provençal, from Medieval Latin catanus]
cade
(keɪd)adj
(of a young animal) left by its mother and reared by humans, usually as a pet
[C15: of unknown origin]
Cade
(keɪd)n
(Biography) Jack. died 1450, English leader of the Kentish rebellion against the misgovernment of Henry VI (1450)
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cade1
(keɪd)n.
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid used in treating skin diseases.
[1565–75]
cade2
(keɪd)adj.
New Eng., Brit. (of the young of animals) abandoned by the mother and raised by humans.
[1425–75]
-cade
a combining form with the meaning “procession, parade”: motorcade.
[extracted from cavalcade]
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Cade
a cask or barrel containing a quantity of 720 herrings, later 500 herrings; a quantity of 1000 sprats.Examples: cade of herrings, 1440; of sprats, 1704.
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