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Webster 1913 Edition
Cane
Cane
(kān)
, Noun.
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
A name given to several peculiar palms, species of
Calamus
and Dæmanorops
, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans. (b)
Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane.
(c)
Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes;
as, the
. canes
of a raspberryLike light
canes
, that first rise big and brave. B. Jonson.
☞ In the Southern United States
great cane
is the Arundinaria macrosperma
, and small cane
is. Arundinaria tecta
. 2.
A walking stick; a staff; – so called because originally made of one of the species of cane.
Stir the fire with your master’s
cane
. Swift.
3.
A lance or dart made of cane.
[R.]
Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign
The flying skirmish of the darted
The flying skirmish of the darted
cane
. Dryden.
4.
A local European measure of length. See
Canna
. Cane borer
(Zool.)
, 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.
Cane
(kān)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Caned
(kānd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Caning
.] 1.
To beat with a cane.
Macaulay.
2.
To make or furnish with cane or rattan;
as, to
. cane
chairsWebster 1828 Edition
Cane
CANE
,Noun.
1.
In botany, this term is applied to several species of plants belonging to several species of plants belonging to different genera, such as Arundo, Calamus, Saccharum, &c. Among these is the bamboo of the East Indies, with a strong stem, which serves for pipes, poles, and walking sticks. The sugar cane, a native of Asia, Africa and America, furnishes the juice from which are made, sugar, melasses and spirit. [See Sugar Cane.]2.
A walking stick.3.
A long measure, in several countries of Europe; at Naples, the length is 7 feet 3 inches; in Thoulouse in France, 5 feet 8 inches; in Provence, &c., 6 feet 5 inches.CANE
,Verb.
T.