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Webster 1913 Edition


Cane

Cane

(kān)
,
Noun.
[OE.
cane
,
canne
, OF.
cane
, F.
canne
, L.
canna
, fr. Gr.
κάννα
,
κάννη
; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb.
qāneh
reed. Cf.
Canister
,
canon
, 1st
Cannon
.]
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
A name given to several peculiar palms, species of
Calamus
and
Dæmanorops
, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.
(b)
Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane.
(c)
Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes;
as, the
canes
of a raspberry
.
Like light
canes
, that first rise big and brave.
B. Jonson.
☞ In the Southern United States
great cane
is the
Arundinaria macrosperma
, and
small cane
is.
Arundinaria tecta
.
2.
A walking stick; a staff; – so called because originally made of one of the species of cane.
Stir the fire with your master’s
cane
.
Swift.
3.
A lance or dart made of cane.
[R.]
Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign
The flying skirmish of the darted
cane
.
Dryden.
4.
A local European measure of length. See
Canna
.
Cane borer
(Zool.)
,
A beetle
(Oberea bimaculata)
which, in the larval state, bores into pith and destroy the canes or stalks of the raspberry, blackberry, etc.
Cane mill
,
a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the manufacture of sugar.
Cane trash
,
the crushed stalks and other refuse of sugar cane, used for fuel, etc.

Cane

(kān)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Caned
(kānd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Caning
.]
1.
To beat with a cane.
Macaulay.
2.
To make or furnish with cane or rattan;
as, to
cane
chairs
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cane

CANE

,
Noun.
1.
In botany, this term is applied to several species of plants belonging to several species of plants belonging to different genera, such as Arundo, Calamus, Saccharum, &c. Among these is the bamboo of the East Indies, with a strong stem, which serves for pipes, poles, and walking sticks. The sugar cane, a native of Asia, Africa and America, furnishes the juice from which are made, sugar, melasses and spirit. [See Sugar Cane.]
2.
A walking stick.
3.
A long measure, in several countries of Europe; at Naples, the length is 7 feet 3 inches; in Thoulouse in France, 5 feet 8 inches; in Provence, &c., 6 feet 5 inches.

CANE

,
Verb.
T.
To beat with a cane or walking stick.

Definition 2024


cãne

cãne

See also: cane and CanE

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Noun

cãne m (plural cãnj)

  1. dog

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