canen.[OE. cane, canne, OF. cane, F. canne, L. canna, fr. Gr. ka`nna, ka`nnh; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. qneh reed. Cf. Canister, canon, 1st Cannon.]()1. (Bot.) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Dmanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.()Like light canes, that first rise big and brave. (B. Jonson.)()2. A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one of the species of cane.()Stir the fire with your master's cane. (Swift.)3. A lance or dart made of cane.()Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign
The flying skirmish of the darted cane. (Dryden.)4. A local European measure of length. See Canna.()Cane borer (Zo.), A beetle (Oberea bimaculata) which, in the larval state, bores into pith and destroy the canes or stalks of the raspberry, blackberry, etc. -- Cane mill, a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the manufacture of sugar. -- Cane trash, the crushed stalks and other refuse of sugar cane, used for fuel, etc.()v. t.1. To beat with a cane.(Macaulay.)2. To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.()