cade

¹ American  

[keyd] / keɪd /

noun

1. a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid oil of cade, used in treating skin diseases.

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cade ² American  

[keyd] / keɪd /

adjective

1. Eastern New England and British. (of the young of animals) abandoned or left by the mother and raised by humans.

   a cade lamb.

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Cade ³ American  

[keyd] / keɪd /

noun

1. Jack, died 1450, English rebel during the reign of Henry VI, based in Kent.

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-cade ⁴ American  

1. a combining form extracted from cavalcade, used with the meaning “procession” in the formation of compound words.

   motorcade; tractorcade.

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Cade ¹ British  

/ keɪd /

noun

1. Jack. died 1450, English leader of the Kentish rebellion against the misgovernment of Henry VI (1450)

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-cade ² British  

combining form

1. indicating a procession of a specified kind

   motorcade

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cade ³ British  

/ keɪd /

noun

1. a juniper tree, Juniperus oxycedrus of the Mediterranean region, the wood of which yields an oily brown liquid ( oil of cade ) used to treat skin ailments

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cade ⁴ British  

/ keɪd /

adjective

1. (of a young animal) left by its mother and reared by humans, usually as a pet

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Etymology

Origin of cade¹

1565–75; < Middle French < Provençal; akin to Late Latin catanum; perhaps originally a plant name in a substratum language of the Alps and Pyrenees

Origin of cade²

1425–75; late Middle English cad ( e ), of obscure origin

Example Sentences

While it's simple to trace some origin lines, for example that of cade, which Niçois workers who arrived in Toulon to work in the arsenal in the 19th century, others are blurred.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2022

These days, you'll find farinata or tarta cauda in Liguria, belecauda in southern Piedmont, cade in Toulon, cecina in Tuscany, and calentica in Algeria.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2022

It has decidedly masculine tones of whisky, musky ambrette seeds and a smokiness from cade wood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2018

Waters cas cade down arching falls and sparkle in terraced pools coated with deposits of travertine.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the wood of the Juniperus oxycoedrus; an empyreumatic oil resembling liquid pitch, is obtained by dry distillation, this being named officinally, Huile de cade, or Oleum cadinum, otherwise "Juniper tar."

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas