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English Dictionary: Cade by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cade \Cade\, a. [Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also {Cosset},
      {Coddle}.]
      Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
  
               He brought his cade lamb with him.         --Sheldon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cade \Cade\, v. t.
      To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to
      coddle; to tame. [Obs.] --Johnson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cade \Cade\, n. [L. cadus jar, Gr. [?].]
      A barrel or cask, as of fish. [bd]A cade of herrings.[b8]
      --Shak.
  
               A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000. --Jacob,
                                                                              Law Dict.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cade \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.
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