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cane (iou)



cane noun1 & verb. LME.
[Old French can(n)e from Latin canna reed, cane, tube, pipe, from Greek kanna, kanne from Semitic (cf. Assyrian qanu, Hebrew qaneh reed).]
A. noun.
The hollow jointed woody stem of certain reeds and grasses, as bamboo and sugar cane; the solid stem of slender palms, as the rattan, Malacca, etc. Also, the stem of the raspberry and its congeners. LME.
sugar cane: see SUGAR noun.
a. A pipe, a tube. LME-E18.
b. A solid stick or rod of various substances, esp. glass. E17.
A length of cane used as an instrument of punishment, as a walking-stick, as a support for a plant, etc.; any slender walking-stick. L16.
MALACCA cane. WHANGEE cane.
b. A dart or lance made of a cane. L16-L17.
Canes collectively, esp. as material for wickerwork. L18.
Comb.: cane-brake N. Amer. (a) a tract of land overgrown with canes; (b) a tall woody grass, Arundinaria gigantea, forming brakes; cane chair a chair with a seat of woven strips of cane; cane-coloured adjective (esp. of pottery) of the colour of cane, buff, yellowish; cane-grass (a) = cane-brake (b) above; (b) a tall Australian grass, Glyceria ramigera; cane-juice the juice of the sugar cane; cane-rat an African rodent of the genus Thryonomys; cane sugar sugar obtained from the sugar cane; sucrose; cane-syrup syrup obtained from the sugar cane; cane toad a very large brown toad, Bufo marinus, which is native to tropical and subtropical America and has been introduced elsewhere for purposes of pest control; also called giant toad, marine toad; cane-trash bagasse from sugar cane; cane-work strips of cane interwoven and used to form the backs and seats of chairs and other articles of furniture; cane-worker a person who makes articles of cane.
b. verb trans.
Beat with a cane. M17.
b. Beat (a lesson) into a person with a cane. M19.
Weave cane into (a chair etc.). L17.
Punish severely; defeat or criticize heavily. E18.
caned adjective (a) (of furniture) made or repaired with cane; (b) (slang) intoxicated by drink or drugs: L17.
caning verbal noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) a beating with a cane. E18.