Part 1538

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Baseball)</fld> <def>The catcher's wire mask.</def>

<h1>Cage</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Cage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Caged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Caging</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine.</def> "<i>Caged</i> and starved to death."

<i>Cowper.</i>

<h1>Caged</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Caged</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Confined in, or as in, a cage; like a <i>cage</i> or prison.</def> "The <i>caged</i> cloister."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Cageling</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Cage"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cage</ets> + <ets>-ling</ets>]</ety> <def>A bird confined in a cage; esp. a young bird.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Cagit</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Ca"git</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>A king of parrot, of a beautiful green color, found in the Philippine Islands.</def>

<h1>Cagmag</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Cag"mag</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A tough old goose; hence, coarse, bad food of any kind.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Cagot</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Ca"got</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>One of a race inhabiting the valleys of the Pyrenees, who until 1793 were political and social outcasts (Christian Pariahs). They are supposed to be a remnant of the Visigoths.</def>

<h1>Cahier</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Ca`hier"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. OF. <ets>cayer</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>quaternum</ets>. See <er>Quire</er> of paper. The sheets of manuscript were folded into parts.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A namber of sheets of paper put loosely together; esp. one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A memorial of a body; a report of legislative proceedings, etc.</def>

<h1>Cahincic</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Ca*hin"cic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, <i>cahinca</i>, the native name of a species of Brazilian <i>Chiococca</i>, perhaps <i>C</i>. <i>recemosa</i>; <as>as, <ex>cahincic</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<h1>Cahoot</h1> <Xpage=202>

<hw>Ca*hoot"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perhaps fr. f. <ets>cohorte</ets> a a company or band.]</ety> <def>Partnership; as to go in <i>cahoot</i> with a person.</def> <mark>[Slang, southwestern U. S.]</mark>

<i>Bartlett.</i>