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Cade (?), a. [Cf. OE. cad,
kod, lamb, also Cosset, Coddle.] Bred
by hand; domesticated; petted.

He brought his cade lamb with him.

Sheldon.

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

Cade, n. [L. cadus jar, Gr.
&?;.] 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, n. [F. & Pr.; LL.
cada.] A species of juniper (Juniperus
Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries.

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.

Ca"dence (?), n. [OE.
cadence, cadens, LL.


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