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Cage
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(1):
(n.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase.
(2):
(n.) The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
(3):
(n.) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve.
(4):
(v. i.) To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine.
(5):
(n.) The catcher's wire mask.
(6):
(n.) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
(7):
(n.) A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.
(8):
(n.) A place of confinement for malefactors
(9):
(n.) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cage'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/web/c/cage.html. 1828.