Cade (?), a. [Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also Cosset, Coddle.]
Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
He brought his cade lamb with him.
Sheldon.
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Cade, v. t.
To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame.
[Obs.]
Johnson.
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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.
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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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