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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_97330" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_97330" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) | <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 '''(5):''' (n.) A walking stick; a staff; - so called because originally made of one the species of cane.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> | <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" /> == | ||
Isaiah 43:24 Jeremiah 6:20 <i> Kaneh </i> 1 Kings 14:15 Job 40:21 Isaiah 19:6 35:7 Psalm 68:30 2 Kings 18:21 Isaiah 36:6 Ezekiel 29:6, | Isaiah 43:24 Jeremiah 6:20 <i> Kaneh </i> 1 Kings 14:15 Job 40:21 Isaiah 19:6 35:7 Psalm 68:30 2 Kings 18:21 Isaiah 36:6 Ezekiel 29:6,7Calamus | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15759" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15759" /> == | ||
<p> Or | <p> Or CALAMUS, SWEET, Song of Song of [[Solomon]] 4:14 , an aromatic reed mentioned among the drugs of which the sacred perfumes were compounded, Exodus 30:23 . The true odoriferous calamus or grass came from India; and the prophets speak of it as a foreign commodity of great value, Isaiah 43:24 Jeremiah 6:20 Ezekiel 27:19 . </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72037" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72037" /> == | ||
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== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39408" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39408" /> == | ||
Calamus | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50313" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50313" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> CANE </strong> . See Reed. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_29667" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_29667" /> == | ||
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== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15343" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15343" /> == | ||
<p> Cane (or Calamus), Sweet, an aromatic reed, mentioned among the drugs with which sacred perfumes were compounded (). [ | <p> [[Cane]] (or Calamus), Sweet, an aromatic reed, mentioned among the drugs with which sacred perfumes were compounded (). [REED] </p> | ||
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