cage

Definitions

1. 1.A place of confinement for malefactors Shak. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage. Lovelace.
2. 2.(Carp.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as the cage of a staircase. Gwilt.
3. 3.(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.
4. 4.The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
5. 5.(Mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
6. 6.(Baseball) The catcher's wire mask.
7. 7.To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. "Caged and starved to death." Cowper.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a place of confinement for malefactors Shak. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage. Lovelace called?
• What is an outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as the cage of a staircase. Gwilt called?
• What is (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 called?
• What is the box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft called?
• What is the drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim called?
• What is to confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. "Caged and starved to death." Cowper called?