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• cade
  cade

  noun

  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.
• Cade
  Cade

  noun

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

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

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