Meaning of Cade | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An animal brought up or nourished by hand.
2. Juniperus oxycedrus (western prickly juniper), whose wood yields a tar.
3. A cask or barrel.
   archaic
4. An English metonymic surname originating as an occupation for a cooper.
5. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Examples

“Jack Cade hath gotten London bridge; / The citizens fly and forsake their houses; / The rascal people, thirsting after prey, / Join with the traitor;”

“They're fine lads, but if it's Cade Calvert you're setting your cap after, why, 'tis the same with me.”

“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.”

“A cade of herrings was a vessel containing 500 herrings, while a cade of sprats contained 1,000.”

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