cade
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /keɪd/
- Rhymes: -eɪd
Etymology 1
From Middle English cade, kad, kod, ultimately of unknown origin.
Verb
cade (third-person singular simple present cades, present participle cading, simple past and past participle caded)
- To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame.
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle French cade or Old Occitan cade, from Latin catanum.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Middle French cade (“barrel”), from Latin cadus (“bottle, jar”).
Noun
cade (plural cades)
Usage notes
- Used in the British Book of Rates for a determinate number of some sort of fish.
References
This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.
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