cade

adjectivenounverbnounnounattested in dialogue

//keɪd//

abandoned by its mother and reared by hand

adjective

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abandoned by its mother and reared by hand

Etymology

From Middle English cade, kad, kod, ultimately of unknown origin.

noun

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An animal brought up or nourished by hand.
Then on the verdrous Bank, where Spices rose, Rowl on the balmy Grass, or smiling play With her young Cade, her caded Lamb with Smiles Answer'd her Love, and lickt her dainty hand.

verb

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To make a pet of; to coddle, pamper, or spoil.
Delicacies are thrown away upon a growing youth; they are quite out of place; his appetite does not require pampering, and cading, and coaxing; moreover, a youth who is made to think a great deal of his stomach is sure to grow up an epicure!
Besides, the more luxury a child has, the more he will require—wants beget wants; until, at length, he will become a poor, wretched, artificial imbecile, fit only to be caded and cottoned up in warm enervating rooms; but totally unfit to be buffeted about—as is good for him—in this rough world of ours.
"He's neither more nor less interesting than any other man, I suppose," replied Miss Podbury drily. "They're all alike, as far as I can see. I can't think what women find in them to make such a fuss about, cading them up and spoiling them in the way they do!"
He's a spoiled boy – I believe he keeps a little bit ill so that we can cade him.

noun

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Juniperus oxycedrus (western prickly juniper), whose wood yields a tar.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French cade, from Old Occitan cade, from Latin catanum.

noun

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archaicA cask or barrel.
A cade of herrings was a vessel containing 500 herrings, while a cade of sprats contained 1,000.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French cade (“barrel”), from Latin cadus (“bottle, jar”).

Forms

plural: cades
past tense: caded
past participle: caded
present participle: cading
third person singular: cades

cadaver · A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.caddy · A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea…Caddy · A diminutive of the female given name Caroline.

cade · abandoned by its mother and reared by hand

Cade · A surname cadet · A student at a military school who is training to be an…Cadet · A surname from French.

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