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   Cage , n. [F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf. Cave, n., Cajole, Gabion.]
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   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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   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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   (Carp.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.
   Gwilt.
   
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   (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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   The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
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   (Mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
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   (Baseball) The catcher's wire mask.
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   Cage , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caged ; 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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