cade
An animal brought up or nourished by handAn animal brought up or nourished by hand.
» Abraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cades and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara.
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1 sentencesAbraham removed from thence to the south country, and dwelt between Cades and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara.
Meaning
3 sensesJuniperus oxycedrus (western prickly juniper), whose wood yields a tar.
An animal brought up or nourished by hand.
(archaic)A cask or barrel.
A cade of herrings was a vessel containing 500 herrings, while a cade of sprats contained 1,000.
Origin
From Middle English cade, kad, kod, ultimately of unknown origin. Borrowed from Middle FrFrom Middle English cade, kad, kod, ultimately of unknown origin.
Borrowed from Middle French cade, from Old Occitan cade, from Latin catanum.
Borrowed from Middle French cade (“barrel”), from Latin cadus (“bottle, jar”).
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