cade Meaning, Definition & Usage

Cade adjective

Etymology

Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also Cosset, Coddle.

Definitions

1. Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.

   He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon.

Cade transitive verb

Definitions

1. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. Obs. Johnson.

Cade noun

Etymology

L. cadus jar, Gr. .

Definitions

1. 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.

Cade noun

Etymology

F. & Pr.; LL. cada.

Definitions

1. A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries.