Cade (k d), Jack Died 1450. English rebel who led an unsuccessful rebellion against Henry VI (1450). |
| cade (kd) adj. Left by its mother and reared by hand: a cade calf. n. A bushy juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean region that is used in horticulture and whose wood yields juniper tar. Also called prickly juniper. [Middle English, pet lamb.] |
Cade [keɪd]
n
(Biographies / Cade, Jack (death date: 1450) M, English, POLITICS: rebel leader) Jack. died 1450, English leader of the Kentish rebellion against the misgovernment of Henry VI (1450)
cade1
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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
[via Old French from Old Provençal, from Medieval Latin catanus]
cade2
adj
(of a young animal) left by its mother and reared by humans, usually as a pet
[of unknown origin]
Cade a cask or barrel containing a quantity of 720 herrings, later 500 herrings; a quantity of 1000 sprats.
Examples: cade of herrings, 1440; of sprats, 1704.
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