- cade
- an old name for a cask, sometimes used as a unit of measure for fish. A cade of herring, for example, was 720 fish.
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cade — cade … Dictionnaire des rimes
cade — [ kad ] n. m. • 1518; provenç. cade, bas lat. catanum ♦ Genévrier des régions méditerranéennes (cupressacées), dont le bois est utilisé en marqueterie. Huile de cade : produit de distillation du bois du cade, à odeur âcre, utilisé en pharmacopée … Encyclopédie Universelle
Cade — may refer to: * Juniperus oxycedrus , also called the Prickly Juniper.People with the surname Cade: * Elsa Salazar Cade, an entomologist and educator * Jack Cade (15th century), an English rebel; * John A. Cade (1929 1996), former American… … Wikipedia
cade — cade; fres·cade; mo·tor·cade; mus·cade; suc·cade; am·bus·cade; ar·cade; bar·ri·cade; bro·cade; cas·cade; cav·al·cade; fa·cade; sac·cade; … English syllables
Cade — ist der Name von Jack Cade (möglicher echter Name John Mortimer; † 1450), englischer Rebell, der den Sturz von König Heinrich VI. anstrebte Lance Cade (echter Name Lance K. McNaught); (1980–2010), US amerikanischer Wrestler Robert Cade… … Deutsch Wikipedia
cade — 1. (ka d ) s. m. Baril en usage dans les salines. Nom d une mesure de capacité, qui valait 1000 litres dans le système de mesures établi par la loi du 1er août 1793, modifiée par celle du 30 nivôse an II (19 janvier 1794). ÉTYMOLOGIE Le… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Cade — Cade, n. [L. cadus jar, Gr. ?.] A barrel or cask, as of fish. A cade of herrings. Shak. [1913 Webster] A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000. Jacob, Law Dict. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cade — Cade, n. [F. & Pr.; LL. cada.] A species of juniper ({Juniperus Oxycedrus}) of Mediterranean countries. [1913 Webster] {Oil of cade}, a thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by destructive distillation of the inner wood of the cade. It is used as… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cade — Cade, a. [Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also {Cosset}, {Coddle}.] Bred by hand; domesticated; petted. [1913 Webster] He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cade — Cade, v. t. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [Obs.] Johnson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cadê — |à| adv. interr. [Brasil, Informal] Usa se para interrogar onde está alguma coisa (ex.: cadê o dinheiro?). = QUEDE, QUEDÊ ‣ Etimologia: redução de que é de … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
