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caddice

caddice is the alternative form of caddis.

Meaning of caddis

Noun (1)

caddis (countable and uncountable, plural caddises)

  1. The larva of a caddis fly. They generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris.
    • However, even during times when the river is clear, [brown drakes'] presence is overshadowed by the overwhelming waves of caddis that are on the water and emerging at the same time.2013, Boots Allen, Snake River Flies: Eighty Years of Proven Patterns for a ...

Noun (2)

caddis (countable and uncountable, plural caddises)

  1. A rough woolen cloth; caddice.
  2. A kind of worsted lace or ribbon.
    • Hee hath Ribbons of all the colours i’ th Rainebow; Points, more then all the Lawyers in Bohemia, can learnedly handle, though they come to him by th’ grosse: Inckles, Caddysses, Cambrickes, Lawnes:c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of caddice

pluralcaddices

Questions about caddice

What is caddice the alternative form of?
Caddice is the alternative form of caddis.

Words near caddice in the dictionary

  1. Cadden
  2. Caddens
  3. Cadder
  4. caddess
  5. caddesses
  6. caddice
  7. caddices
  8. caddichus
  9. caddid
  10. caddids
  11. caddie

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