| n. | 1. | ||||||||||
| 1. | (Bot.) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Dæmanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans. | ||||||||||
| 2. | A walking stick; a staff; - so called because originally made of one of the species of cane. | ||||||||||
| 3. | A lance or dart made of cane. | ||||||||||
| 4. | A local European measure of length. See Canna.
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| v. t. | 1. | To beat with a cane. | |||||||||
| 2. | To make or furnish with cane or rattan; | ||||||||||
| Noun | 1. | |
| 2. | cane - a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane | |
| 3. | cane - a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment | |
| Verb | 1. | cane - beat with a cane |
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