cane

A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:

A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:

A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:

Still, a dozen men with rifles, and cartridges to match, stayed behind when they filed through a white aldea lying silent amid the cane, and the Sin Verguenza swung into slightly quicker stride.

A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:

The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool:

He stalked behind her simple narrative, a kill-joy parent, hasty, intolerant, keeping a special cane to enforce the authority of his sadistic God[.]

To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.

To make or furnish with cane or rattan.

to cane chairs

In colonial days, threesquare was used to cane chair seats.

To destroy; to comprehensively defeat.

Mudchester Rovers were caned 10-0.

To do something well, in a competent fashion.

To go very fast.

Abbreviation of Canadian English.

Finally, section (2.5) reviews diachronic language studies on CanE, which is the area of focus in the present study.

The present study focusses on the 'other' North American variety of English, Canadian English (CanE) from a diachronic perspective.