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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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A place of confinement for malefactors |
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An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it;
as, the cage of a staircase. |
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A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a
ball valve. |
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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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The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim. |
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The catcher's wire mask. |
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To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. |
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