Definition of cage

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Cage (n.) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.

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Mew :: Mew (v. t.) To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure..
Crib :: Crib (v. t.) To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
Bosky :: Bosky (a.) Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets.
Carucage :: Carucage (n.) A tax on every plow or plowland.
Incage :: Incage (v. t.) To confine in, or as in, a cage; to coop up..
Muzzle :: Muzzle (v. i.) A fastening or covering (as a band or cage) for the mouth of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting..
Cage :: Cage (n.) A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals..
Bosky :: Bosky (a.) Caused by boscage.
Pen :: Pen (n. & v.) To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose..
Carriage :: Carriage (n.) A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage..
Jako :: "Jako (n.) An African parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly kept as a cage bird; -- called also gray parrot..
Cage :: Cage (n.) The catcher's wire mask.
Cage :: Cage (n.) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes..
Bird Cage :: Bird cage (n.) Alt. of Birdcag.
Willow :: Willow (n.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil..
Boskage :: Boskage (n.) Same as Boscage.
Boscage :: Boscage (n.) A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape.
Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns..
Soken :: Soken (n.) A district held by socage.
Encage :: Encage (v. t.) To confine in a cage; to coop up.
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