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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_97330" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_97330" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) A lance or dart made of cane. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (v. t.) To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of [[Calamus]] and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) A walking stick; a staff; - so called because originally made of one the species of cane. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) A local European measure of length. See Canna. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (v. t.) To beat with a cane. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (n.) Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58841" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58841" /> == | ||
<p> CANE, n. </p> 1. In botany, this term is applied to several species of plants belonging to several species of plants belonging to different genera, such as Arundo, Calamus, Saccharum, &c. Among these is the bamboo of the East Indies, with a strong stem, which serves for pipes, poles, and walking sticks. The sugar cane, a native of Asia, Africa and America, furnishes the juice from which are made, sugar, melasses and spirit. See | <p> CANE, n. </p> 1. In botany, this term is applied to several species of plants belonging to several species of plants belonging to different genera, such as Arundo, Calamus, Saccharum, &c. Among these is the bamboo of the East Indies, with a strong stem, which serves for pipes, poles, and walking sticks. The sugar cane, a native of Asia, Africa and America, furnishes the juice from which are made, sugar, melasses and spirit. See Sugar Cane. 2. A walking stick. 3. A long measure, in several countries of Europe at Naples, the length Isaiah 7 feet 3 inches in Thoulouse in France, 5 feet 8 inches in Provence, &c., 6 feet 5 inches. <p> CANE, To beat with a cane or walking stick. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30958" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30958" /> == | ||
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72037" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72037" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> '''Cane.''' See '''Reed''' . </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39408" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39408" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_29667" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_29667" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> ''' Copyright StatementThese files are public domain. Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Cane'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/cane.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870. ''' </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15343" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15343" /> == |