Cade
Cade , adjective
[Compare Old English cad, kod, lamb, also Cosset, Coddle.]
Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
He brought his cade lamb with him.
Cade , transitive verb
To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [Obsolete] — Johnson
Cade , noun
[Latin cadus jar, Greek {not transcribed}.]
A barrel or cask, as of fish.
A cade of herrings.
A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000.
Cade , noun
[French & Pr.; Late Latin cada.]
A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries.
Collocations (1)
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.