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Cane

Cane (cane)
n.(k1913 webster dictionaryn)
Cane
[OE. cane, canne, OF. cane, F. canne, L. canna, fr. Gr. ka`nna, ka`nnh; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. q1913 webster dictionaryneh reed. Cf. Canister, canon, 1st Cannon.]
  1. A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Dæmanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.
    (b)
  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 A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one of the species of cane.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 (Zoö.), 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

Cane (cane)
v. t.(k1913 webster dictionaryn)
Cane
[imp. *** p. p. Caned (k&amacr]nd); 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.












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