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cade 1

(kād)
adj.
Left by its mother and reared by hand: a cade calf.

[Middle English, pet, pet lamb, of unknown origin.]

cade 2

(kād)
n.
A bushy juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus) chiefly of the Mediterranean region that is used in horticulture and whose wood yields juniper tar. Also called prickly juniper.

[French, from Provençal, from Old Provençal, from Late Latin catanus, perhaps from a non-Celtic language of pre-Roman Gaul.]
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cade

(keɪd)
n
(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
[C16: via Old French from Old Provençal, from Medieval Latin catanus]

cade

(keɪd)
adj
(of a young animal) left by its mother and reared by humans, usually as a pet
[C15: of unknown origin]

Cade

(keɪd)
n
(Biography) Jack. died 1450, English leader of the Kentish rebellion against the misgovernment of Henry VI (1450)
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cade1

(keɪd)

n.
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid used in treating skin diseases.
[1565–75]

cade2

(keɪd)

adj.
New Eng., Brit. (of the young of animals) abandoned by the mother and raised by humans.
[1425–75]

-cade

a combining form with the meaning “procession, parade”: motorcade.
[extracted from cavalcade]
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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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Here a rag waves its threads Qui uno straccio sventola sui fili and leaves come to me falling e le foglie mi vengono a cadere from apples that smell overhead.
24 "Illud igitur quod non cadit in intellectum, non potest cadere in voluntatem.
Impossibile esimersi dal prendere l'abbrivio con la citazione di una citazione--dall'"Alighieri" (Ipertensione, Phillips, 1975) del professor Roberto Vecchioni--per entrare nel merito di questo volume di Francesco Ciabattoni che, senza cadere mai nell'ovvieta di cui spesso tracimano le pubblicazioni dedicate alla musica d'autore italiana, ma, anzi, regalandoci un prodotto "filologicamente" impeccabile, entra con perizia nei testi di sei cantautori italiani per rivelare il "debito" da loro contratto con il mondo delle lettere.
(38) Compare Eleandro's distinction between the 'errori antichi', 'quelle immaginazioni belle e felici, ancorche vane, che danno pregio alla vita', and the 'errori barbari' (Leopardi has the intellectual illusions of Christianity in mind), 'i quali solamente, e non quelli, sarebbero dovuti cadere per opera della civilta moderna e della filosofia' (Operette morali, pp.
He also censures the common-law system for its extreme punctiliousness in form (Adagia 4115, entitled "Causa cadere, formula cadere").
During a brief stop in Chateau-Thierry, an old retired soldier who is watering his garden suddenly quits his job to go congratulate the Prince, forgetting the possible dangerous consequences of his action: "[...] lascia cadere la pompa noncurante dei danni che il getto d'acqua arreca" (502).
La Saraceni sottolinea che non bisogna cadere nella trappola di separare l'ambito della fede (del trascendente) da quello della ragione, come se fossero due realta incompatibili.

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