cade
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Bred by hand; domesticated; petted. He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon.
To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [Obs.] Johnson.
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.
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.
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
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/kˈeɪd/ · 1 syllable · CMUdict (BSD-3-Clause)
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