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From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
Cage (?), n. [F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf. {Cave}, n., {Cajole}, {Gabion}.]
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1. A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.
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In his cage, like parrot fine and gay.
-- Cowper.
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2. A place of confinement for malefactors
Shak.
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Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage.
-- Lovelace.
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3. (Carp.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, “the cage of a staircase”.
Gwilt.
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4. (Mach.) (a) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve. (b) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
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5. The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
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6. (Mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
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7. (Baseball) The catcher's wire mask.
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From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
Cage (kāj), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caged (kājd); p. pr. & vb. n. Caging.] To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. “Caged and starved to death.”
Cowper.
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