Cane \Cane\ (k[=a]n), n. [OE. cane, canne, OF. cane, F. canne,
   L. canna, fr. Gr. ka`nna, ka`nnh; prob. of Semitic origin;
   cf. Heb. q[=a]neh reed. Cf. Canister, canon, 1st
   Cannon.]
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   1. (Bot.)
      (a) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of
          Calamus and D[ae]manorops, having very long,
          smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.
      (b) Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and
          bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane.
      (c) Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as,
          the canes of a raspberry.
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                Like light canes, that first rise big and brave.
                                                  --B. Jonson.
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   Note: In the Southern United States great cane is the
         Arundinaria macrosperma, and small cane is.
         Arundinaria tecta.
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   2. A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally
      made of one of the species of cane.
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            Stir the fire with your master's cane. --Swift.
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   3. A lance or dart made of cane. [R.]
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            Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign
            The flying skirmish of the darted cane. --Dryden.
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   4. A local European measure of length. See Canna.
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   Cane borer (Zool.), A beetle (Oberea bimaculata) which,
      in the larval state, bores into pith and destroy the canes
      or stalks of the raspberry, blackberry, etc.

   Cane mill, a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the
      manufacture of sugar.

   Cane trash, the crushed stalks and other refuse of sugar
      cane, used for fuel, etc.
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