Cade /(?)/

Cade

a.
  1. Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
    He brought his cade lamb with him.
    — Sheldon.

Cade

v. t.
  1. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [Obs.]

Cade

n.
  1. A barrel or cask, as of fish.
    A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000.
    — Jacob, Law Dict.

Cade

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

Phrases & Compounds

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.