Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Cascade

Cascade (kas*kād") , noun

[French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare to fall.]

A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.
The silver brook... pours the white cascade. — Longjellow
Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. — Cowper

Cascade , intransitive verb

1.
To fall in a cascade. — Lowell
2.
To vomit. [Slang] — Smollett