n. [ F. & Pr.; LL. cada. ] A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oil of cade, a thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by destructive distillation of the inner wood of the cade. It is used as a local application in skin diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cadus jar, Gr. &unr_;. ] A barrel or cask, as of fish. “A cade of herrings.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1, 000. Jacob, Law Dict. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also Cosset, Coddle. ] Bred by hand; domesticated; petted. [ 1913 Webster ]

He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To regulate by musical measure. [ 1913 Webster ]

These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. cadence, cadens, LL. cadentia a falling, fr. L. cadere to fall; cf. F. cadence, It. cadenza. See Chance. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act or state of declining or sinking. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Now was the sun in western cadence low. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blustering winds, which all night long
Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull
Seafaring men o'erwatched. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest cadence. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Golden cadence of poesy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

If in any composition much attention was paid to the flow of the rhythm, it was said (at least in the 14th and 15th centuries) to be “prosed in faire cadence.” Dr. Guest. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Her.) See Cadency. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Man.) Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Mil.) A uniform time and place in marching. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Mus.) (a) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord. (b) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Imperfect cadence. (Mus.) See under Imperfect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marks of cadency (Her.), bearings indicating the position of the bearer as older or younger son, or as a descendant of an older or younger son. See Difference (Her.). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cadène. ] A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant. McElrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cadens, -entis, p. pr. of cadere to fall. ] Falling. [ R. ] “Cadent tears.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. ] (Mus.) A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence. [ 1913 Webster ]