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CANE, n.

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.

CANE, To beat with a cane or walking stick.

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Entry for 'Cane'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​c/cane.html.
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