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.
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combining form
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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
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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
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
It has decidedly masculine tones of whisky, musky ambrette seeds and a smokiness from cade wood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2018
At the White House, after Kennedy had indicated that he would run, Lyndon Johnson lowered his cheerful fa cade.
From Time Magazine Archive
A suppository of the following composition is good: powdered nutgalls, 3 grains; oil of cade, 3 drops; resorcin, 1 grain; bismuth subnitrate, 5 grains; cocoa butter, 20 grains.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by William J. Robinson
Cade Cunningham top-scored for the Pistons with 32 points and 12 assists, while Tobias Harris added 30 points.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
Jaxson Neckien and Cade Atkinson each had two hits for Westlake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
Meanwhile, one of the Lake De Cade camp owners has sued Sleca, seeking class-action status for damages from the loss of electricity, including cratered resale values.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
For the Pistons, it was rare back-to-back losses, despite star man Cade Cunningham showing grit in a losing cause with 26 points.
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
It was only a matter of time until Mr. Nossik came up with some type of Quit Being Cade Hernandez mission.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
Of increasing interest and worry to scientists is what the cumulative impact of de cades of constant low- level noise can do.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 9, 2013
They also enabled her to make one of the biggest breakthroughs in ocean noise research in de cades.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 9, 2013
As the British withdrew behind barri cades to the piers where their transports lay waiting, units of the U.N.
From Time Magazine Archive
But, for your further enlightenment, let us pretend that Sextus Tarquinius, coming to Delphi to consult the Oracle of Apollo, receives the answer: Exul inopsque cades irata pulsus ab urbe.
From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by E.M. Huggard
We are not told the prices of tammies or durants, romals or molletons, cades or shalloons, but we are always carefully informed that they may be had at the lowest prices.
From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Sir J. M. (James MacPherson) Le Moine
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