Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cade"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cade \Cade\, a. [Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also {Cosset},
{Coddle}.]
Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
He brought his cade lamb with him. --Sheldon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cade \Cade\, v. t.
To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to
coddle; to tame. [Obs.] --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cade \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cade \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cade
adj : (of a young animal) abandoned by its mother and raised by
hand; "a cade calf"
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