Толковый словарь английского языка - cane
Cane
cane
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Old Occitan cana, from Latin canna, from Greek kanna, of Semitic origin; akin to Akkadian qanū reed, Hebrew qāneh Date: 14th century 1. a. a hollow or pithy and usually slender and flexible jointed stem (as of a reed), any of various slender woody stems, any of various tall woody grasses or reeds: as, any of a genus (Arundinaria) of coarse grasses, sugar~ , sorghum , ~ dressed for use: as, a ~ walking stick, a ~ or rod for flogging, rattan , a tiny glass rod used in decorative glasswork (as in millefiori and paperweights), II. transitive verb (~d; caning) Date: 1662 to beat with a ~ , to weave or furnish with ~
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n. & v. --n. 1 a the hollow jointed stem of giant reeds or grasses (bamboo cane). b the solid stem of slender palms (malacca cane). 2 = sugar cane. 3 a raspberry-cane. 4 material of cane used for wickerwork etc. 5 a a cane used as a walking-stick or a support for a plant or an instrument of punishment. b any slender walking-stick. --v.tr. 1 beat with a cane. 2 weave cane into (a chair etc.). Phrases and idioms cane-brake US a tract of land overgrown with canes. cane chair a chair with a seat made of woven cane strips. cane-sugar sugar obtained from sugar-cane. cane-trash see TRASH. Derivatives caner n. (in sense 2 of v.). caning n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L canna f. Gk kanna ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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