n. A rather long and slender jointed woody stem, more or less rigid, hollow or pithy, as that of some palms, grasses, and other plants, such as the ratan, bamboo, and sugar-cane; also, the stem of raspberries or blackberries.n. Sugar-cane: as, a plantation of cane; cane-sugar.n. The plant Arundinaria macrosperma of the southern United States, forming cane-brakes. See Arundinaria.n. The stem of a plant, as the bamboo, used as a walking-stick; hence, any walking-stick.n. A lance or dart made of cane.n. A chair having the seat, or the seat and back, made of thin strips of cane, retaining their natural smooth surface, interlaced or woven together.To beat or flog with a cane or walking-stick.To furnish or complete with cane; fill the center of the back or the seat with interwoven strips of cane: as, to cane chairs.n. In Scotland, rent paid in kind, as in poultry, eggs, etc.; hence, any tax, tribute, or duty exacted.n. An obsolete form of can.n. An obsolete form of khan.n. A slender stick or rod of some substance such as sealing-wax, sulphur, glass, or tobacco.n. A slender panic-grass, Panicum dichotomum, a valuable native forage for sheep in the southern United States.