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Cage \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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Cage \Cage\ (k[=a]j), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caged} (k[=a]jd); 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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