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Definition of Small cane
1. Noun. Small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States.
Generic synonyms: Bamboo
Group relationships: Arundinaria, Genus Arundinaria
Lexicographical Neighbors of Small Cane
Literary usage of Small cane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim Fathers: Or, The Founders of New England in the Reign of James by William Henry Bartlett (1853)
"... comes the preacher with his cloak on ; and on the left hand the Captain with
his side-arms and cloak on, and with a small cane in his hand. ..."
2. An Elementary Treatise on American Grape Culture and Wine Making by Peter B. Mead (1867)
"feet long ; and also a small cane from a base bud, which must be cut low enough
to get another small cane from a base bud ; thirdly, on the part of the arm ..."
3. An Elementary Treatise on American Grape Culture and Wine Making by Peter B. Mead (1867)
"feet long; and also a small cane from a base bud, which must be cut low enough
to get another small cane from a base bud; thirdly, on the part of the arm ..."
4. Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts: In All the Useful and Domestic Arts by Colin MacKenzie (1854)
"... every morning and evening, in the following manner: Take a small cane, or a
piece of whalebone, half a yard long, and tie a litio» tag, or a little tow, ..."
5. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society by Hakluyt Society (1873)
"After sailing about thirty miles, a contrary wind again sprang up; but, as there
were some small cane islands on our lee, we were compelled to make for them ..."
6. A Trip to the Tropics and Home Through America by John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Argyll (1867)
"Mills in the centre of the small cane grounds would be an advantage. A mill might
manufacture sugar from the cane brought by the proprietors of the small ..."
7. A Trip to the Tropics and Home Through America by John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Argyll (1867)
"Mills in the centre of the small cane grounds would be an advantage. A null might
manufacture sugar from the cane brought by the proprietors of the small ..."
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