| Cage (cage) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Cage |
| [F. cage, fr.
L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf.
Cave, , Cajole,
Gabion.]
|
A box or inclosure, wholly or partly
of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other
animals.
A place of confinement for
malefactors
An outer framework of
timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a
staircase.
A
skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball
valve.
The box, bucket, or inclosed platform
of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a
shaft.
The drum on which the
rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
The catcher's wire
mask.
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| Cage (cage) |
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| v. i. | (k j) |
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| Cage |
| [imp. *** p. p. Caged (k&amacr]jd);
p. pr. *** vb. n. Caging.] |
To confine
in, or as in, a cage] to shut up or confine.
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