Obs. [possibly ad. L. cœtus (in med. spelling cetus) meeting, assembly, company.] A ‘company’ of badgers.
1486. Bk. St. Albans, F vj a. A Cete of Graies.
1801. Strutt, Sports & Past., I. i. 17.
[1886. Standard, 13 Oct., 5/2. Keeping what the old writers used to call a ‘cete of badgers.’]
