Cane

Definition of Cane

Pronunciation: kān
n.1.
1.(Bot.) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Dæmanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.
Like light canes, that first rise big and brave.
- B. Jonson.
2.A walking stick; a staff; - so called because originally made of one of the species of cane.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.
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.
v. t.1.To beat with a cane.
[imp. & p. p. Caned (kānd); p. pr. & vb. n. Caning.]
2.To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.

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