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Meaning of CADE

Pronunciation:  keyd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (of a young animal) abandoned by its mother and raised by hand; "a cade calf"
 
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 Synonyms: forsaken
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Cade\, a. [Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also {Cosset},
    {Coddle}.]
    Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
          He brought his cade lamb with him.       --Sheldon.
    
  2. \Cade\, v. t.
    To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to
    coddle; to tame. [Obs.] --Johnson.
    
  3. \Cade\, n. [L. cadus jar, Gr. ?.]
    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. \Cade\, n. [F. & Pr.; LL. cada.]
    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.
    
 
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