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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CADE, a. Tame; bred by hand; domesticated; as a cade lamb.
CADE, v.t. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to tame.
CADE, n. A barrel or cask. A cade of herrings is the quantity of five hundred; of sprats, a thousand.
Merriam Webster's
adjective Etymology: English dialect cade pet lamb, from Middle English cad Date: 1551 left by its mother and reared by hand; pet< a cade lamb >
Merriam Webster's
biographical name John died 1450 Jack Cade English rebel
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Cade Cade, a. [Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also Cosset, Coddle.] Bred by hand; domesticated; petted. He brought his cade lamb with him. --Sheldon.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Cade Cade, v. t. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [Obs.] --Johnson.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
