Definitions For Cade

Etymology 1

From Middle English cade, kad, kod, ultimately of origin.

Adjective

(not comparable) (of an animal) abandoned by its mother and reared by hand

Verb

cad To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. : (Johnson)

Noun

CADE (plural CADEs) An animal brought up or nourished by hand.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from or , from .

Noun

CADE (plural CADEs) , Juniperus oxycedrus, whose wood yields a tar.

Translations

Greek: : Ancient: ὀξύκεδρος, f

Etymology 3

Borrowed from , from .

Noun

CADE (plural CADEs) (archaic) A cask or barrel. : A cade of herrings was a vessel containing 500 herrings, while a cade of sprats contained 1,000.

Usage notes

Used in the British Book of Rates for a determinate number of some sort of fish.

References

Anagrams

CEDA, aced, dace, deca-, ecad