Thesaurus: cade

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1. a. Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
2. v. t. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame.
3. n. A barrel or cask, as of fish.
4. n. A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries.
5. 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.
6. Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon.
7. a. Bred by hand; domesticated; petted. v. t. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. n. A barrel or cask, as of fish. n. A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries.