Cas*cade" (?), n. [F. cascade, fr. It. cascata, fr. cascare to ball.]

A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.

The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade. Longjellow.

Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. Cawper.

 

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Cas*cade", v. i.

1.

To fall in a cascade.

Lowell.

2.

To vomit.

[Slang]

Smollett.

 

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