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Definition of Cates
1. n. pl. Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties.
Definition of Cates
1. cate [n] - See also: cate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cates
Literary usage of Cates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1871)
"Mr. cates did so, and his view was supported by the gentleman appealed to, with
whom Mr. cates left Mr. Keane to advise with him on the security to be taken ..."
2. The New England Gazetteer: Containing Descriptions of All the States ...by John Hayward by John Hayward (1839)
"John cates, a pious puritan, who served in the wars in England, ... In Mr.
John cates. memory of He was a gentleman born and the first ..."
3. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1901)
"... he abandoned the profession, first for private tuition, and later on cates,
WILLIAM LEIST READ- WIN (1821-1895), compiler, eldest son of Robert Gates, ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... tuck (slang), crug (slang, Eng.), tack (chiefly in "hardtack"); spec, ration,
board, fare, cates or ..."
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