An iron cage formed of hoops on the top of a pole, and filled with combustibles to blaze for two hours. It is lighted one hour before high-water, and marks an intricate channel navigable for the period it burns; much used formerly by fishermen.
·noun The catcher's wire mask. II. Cage ·noun A place of confinement for malefactors. III. Cage ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
(Heb. kelub', Jer. 5:27, marg. "coop;" rendered "basket" in Amos 8:1), a basket of wicker-work in wh...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The term so rendered in (Jeremiah 5:27) is more properly a trap in which decoy birds were placed. In...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·noun ·Alt. of <<Birdcage>>. ...
Tenement of William Coventre called "le Cage" in Westchepe in parish of St. Mary le Bow (Ct. H.W. II...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
An old term for a ship's upper works. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A tenement so called in the parish of St. Michael Bassishaw. First mention: 1371 (Ct. H.W. II. 140)...