Cane

kān, n. the stem of one of the smaller palms—the calamus or rattan, or the larger gra es—bamboo and sugar-cane: a walking-stick.— v.t. to beat with a cane.— ns. Cane′-brake , a brake or thicket of canes; Cane′-chair , a chair made of rattan; Cane′-mill , a mill for bruising sugar-canes for the manufacture of sugar; Cane′-sū′gar , sugar obtained from the sugar-cane; Cane′-trash , refuse of sugar-cane used for fuel in boiling the juice; Cān′ing , a thrashing with a cane.— adj. Cān′y , made of cane.— Malacca cane , a walking-cane made without removing the bark from the brown-mottled or clouded stem of the palm, Calamus Scipionum , brought from Singapore or Sumatra. [Fr. canne —L. canna —Gr. kannē , a reed.]