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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Free :: Free (superl.) Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage..
Cresset :: Cresset (n.) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible..
Parrot :: Parrot (n.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako (P. erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases..
Socman :: Socman (n.) One who holds lands or tenements by socage; a socager.
Cage :: Cage (n.) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve..
Socmanry :: Socmanry (n.) Tenure by socage.
Caged :: Caged (imp. & p. p.) of Cag.
Aviary :: Aviary (n.) A house, inclosure, large cage, or other place, for keeping birds confined; a bird house..
Volery :: Volery (n.) A large bird cage; an aviary.
Bird Cage :: Bird cage (n.) Alt. of Birdcag.
Elevator :: Elevator (n.) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself..
Soken :: Soken (n.) A district held by socage.
Myna :: Myna (n.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic starlings of the genera Acridotheres, Sturnopastor, Sturnia, Gracula, and allied genera. In habits they resemble the European starlings, and like them are often caged and taught to talk. See Hill myna, under Hill, and Mino bird..
Meute :: Meute (n.) A cage for hawks; a mew. See 4th Mew, 1..
Jako :: "Jako (n.) An African parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly kept as a cage bird; -- called also gray parrot..
Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns..
Cage :: Cage (n.) A place of confinement for malefactor.
Cage :: Cage (n.) The catcher's wire mask.
Indicator :: Indicator (n.) A telltale connected with a hoisting machine, to show, at the surface, the position of the cage in the shaft of a mine, etc..
Sembling :: Sembling (n.) The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage.
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