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–noun

1.	the act of providing chairs or the like with seats made of woven cane.

2.	woven cane for seats of chairs or the like.

3.	a beating with a cane.

[Origin: 1705–15; cane + -ing¹

]

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cane

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–noun

1.	a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.

2.	a long, hollow or pithy, jointed woody stem, as that of bamboo, rattan, sugar cane, and certain palms.

3.	a plant having such a stem.

4.	split rattan woven or interlaced for chair seats, wickerwork, etc.

5.	any of several tall bamboolike grasses, esp. of the genus Arundinaria, as A. gigantea (cane reed, large cane, giant cane, or southern cane) and A. tecta (small cane or switch cane), of the southern U.S.

6.	the stem of a raspberry or blackberry.

7.	sugar cane.

8.	a rod used for flogging.

9.	a slender cylinder or rod, as of sealing wax or glass.

–verb (used with object)

10.	to flog with a cane.

11.	to furnish or make with cane: to cane chairs.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < MF < L canna < Gk kánna < Sem; cf. Akkadian qanū, Heb qāneh reed

]

—Related forms

canelike, adjective

cany, adjective

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n.

1. A slender, strong but often flexible stem, as of certain bamboos, reeds, or rattans.
2. A plant having such a stem.
3. Such stems or strips of such stems used for wickerwork or baskets.
A bamboo (Arundinaria gigantea) native to the southeast United States, having long stiff stems and often forming canebrakes.
The stem of a raspberry, blackberry, certain roses, or similar plants.
Sugar cane.
A stick used as an aid in walking or carried as an accessory.
A rod used for flogging.

tr.v. caned, can·ing, canes

To make, supply, or repair with flexible woody material.
To hit or beat with a rod.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin canna, small reed, from Greek kanna, of Semitic origin; see qnw in Semitic roots.]

can'er n.

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