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Webster 1913 Edition
Cade
Cade
,Verb.
T.
To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame.
[Obs.]
Johnson.
Cade
,Noun.
[L.
cadus
jar, Gr. [GREEK].] 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.
Cade
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cade
CADE
,Adj.
CADE
,Verb.
T.
CADE
,Noun.