† cachen.1
Scottish. Obsolete.
A game resembling tennis in which the ball is struck with the hand. Cf. cachepell n. 2.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > other handball games
cache1444
hand in and hand out1478
cachepell1539
hand-out1540
knappan1573
wind-ball1578
balloon?1591
bord-and-cord1591
hurlingc1600
pize-balla1796
trigon1842
pallone1859
push-ball1895
throwball1895
punchball1908
wallyball1982
1444–5 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 10 It is ordanyt..at thair sal na man play at the cache [printed cathe] on the said howsis.
c1475 Ratis Raving i. 1245 Ryne at baris, and at the ball, And at the caich play with all.
1529 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) V. 382 Stewart that playis at the kaiche.
c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. iii. 188 Playing at the cache [1599 caitche].
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. l. 59526 James Stewart..playand..wes with his peiris all Than at the catche.
1602 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Charteris) sig. P4v Thocht I preich not I can play at the caiche: I wait thair is nocht ane amang yow all, Mair ferilie can play at the fut ball.
1630 in W. Stevenson Presbyterie Bk. Kirkcaldie (1900) 7 Compeirit David Lindsay..for alledgit playing at the futtball and caitch upon the Sabbath day.
1643 in G. R. Kinloch Select. Minutes Synod of Fife (1837) 137 That men played at the catche on the Sabbath day, in the catchpell in Falkland.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
cachen.2
/kaʃ/, U.S. /kæʃ/ 1.
a. A hiding place, esp. of goods, treasure, etc.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [noun] > for storage
hoarda1200
sticking place1578
cache1860
hide1884
stash1914
1860 C. Innes Scotl. in Middle Ages x. 310 The little cache on the Orkney sea-shore, produced 16 pound weight of silver.
1866 W. R. King Sportsman & Naturalist in Canada iii. 57 Crouched in his cache of green boughs.
b. esp. A hole or mound made by American pioneers and Arctic explorers to hide stores of provisions, ammunition, etc.
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the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > hidden place of storage
hoarda1200
cache1797
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [noun] > for storage > made by pioneers or explorers
cache1797
1797 C. Chaboillez Jrnl. in B. C. Payette Northwest (1964) 154 [He] had a large Cash of Provisions at..that river.
1805 M. Lewis Jrnl. 9 June in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) IV. 269 These holes in the ground or deposits are called by the engages cashes.
1805 M. Lewis Jrnl. 9 June in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) IV. 271 The cash being completed I walked to it... The terf or sod of this circle is carefully removed..in order that it may be replaced in the same situation when the chash is filled and secured.
1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 118 The Aricaras could not spare any provisions, as the excessive rains had penetrated into their caches, and spoiled the whole of their reserved stock.
1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 267 Captain Bonneville..prevailed upon them to proceed..to the caches.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xii. 138 The power of the bear in breaking up a provision cache is extraordinary.
1878 A. H. Markham Great Frozen Sea v. 62 Every cairn and cache was thoroughly examined.
2. The store of provisions so hidden.
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the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > that which is stored or a store > hidden away
hoard937
pose1440
hoarding1715
cache1836
stash1914
1836 G. Back Narr. Arctic Land Exped. iv. 129 I took advantage of a detached heap of stones,.. to make a cache of a bag of pemmican.
1842 J. C. Frémont Rep. Explor. Rocky Mts. (1845) 22 As this was to be a point in our homeward journey, I made a cache (a term used in all this country for what is hidden in the ground) of a barrel of pork.
1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times xii. 396 The Esquimaux..make ‘caches’ of meat under stone cairns.
3. Computing. A small high-speed memory in some computers into which are placed the most frequently accessed contents of the slower main memory or secondary storage. Also cache memory.
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society > computing and information technology > hardware > [noun] > primary storage or main memory > function for altering contents > cache
cache1968
memory cache1989
1968 IBM Systems Jrnl. 7 17 If the data is not present in the cache, additional cycles are required while the block is loaded into the cache from main storage.
1970 Electronics World Oct. 37/2 Cache or buffer storage, when used in a computer system, is interposed between the main memory and the CPU.
1979 Sci. Amer. May 1/2 An optional high-speed cache memory reduces main memory access time to accelerate program execution.
1983 What's New in Computing Jan. 6/2 The P/35 and P/60 utilize additional performance enhancements such as high speed cache memory.
1987 Electronics & Wireless World Jan. 105/1 If the information is held in the cache, which can be thought of as very fast on-chip local memory, then only two clock cycles are required.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
cachev.
/kaʃ/, U.S. /kæʃ/ Originally U.S.
transitive. To put in a cache; to store (provisions) under ground; said also of animals.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > put in secret place [verb (transitive)]
plant1610
secrete1749
stash1797
cache1805
lair1851
the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] > in a concealed or remote place
to stow away1795
stash1797
cache1856
depot1921
squirrel1939
1805 J. Whitehouse Jrnl. 21 Aug. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1904) VII. 139 We carried our baggage we concluded to carsh to the place of cashing.
1823 E. James Acct. Exped. Rocky Mts. I. x. 193 They then proceed to cache, or conceal in the earth these acquisitions.
1843 T. J. Farnham Trav. Great Western Prairies I. 288 It was necessary to recover them [sc. horses], or cache, that is, bury in some secret place in the dry sand, their remaining property.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxiii. 288 He accordingly cached enough provision to last them back.
1865 Visct. Milton & W. B. Cheadle N.-W. Passage by Land v. 75 We now proceeded..to remove the cask from its hiding-place, and..to cache it safely at some distance.
1877 E. Coues Fur-bearing Animals ii. 51 When they [wolverenes] can eat no more, they continue to steal the baits and câche them.
Derivatives
cached adj.
Brit. /kaʃt/
, /kaʃt/U.S. /kæʃt/
/kæʃt/ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [adjective] > of goods: stored secretly
cached1901
1901 S. E. White Westerners vii. 47 Lone Wolf's band took up quarters within striking distance of the cached schooners.
a1910 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp (1916) 230 The man from Nome, loyal to her who had resurrected his long cached heart..followed her.
Draft additions 1997
2. Computing. To store (data, files, images, etc.) in a cache or part of a memory used as a cache.
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society > computing and information technology > hardware > use hardware [verb (transitive)] > affect memory > cache
cache1983
1983 Electronics 14 July 118/2 The Z80,000 may choose to cache only instructions, but caching data along with instructions typically improves performance by some 20%.
1986 Personal Computer World Nov. 171/3 Window images are normally cached in a form to allow fast screen redraw.
1988 Computer Weekly 29 Sept. 48 This is achieved by temporarily caching files on a system magnetic disc, and by emulating standard VMS file system on-disc structures.
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