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‖n. [ F. ] (Arch.) The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. boscage grove, F. bocage, fr. LL. boscus, buscus, thicket, wood. See 1st Bush. ] 1. A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (O. Eng. Law) Food or sustenance for cattle, obtained from bushes and trees; also, a tax on wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Brokkerage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Keg. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf. Cave, n., Cajole, Gabion. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

In his cage, like parrot fine and gay. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place of confinement for malefactors Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage. Lovelace. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Carp.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mach.) (a) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve. (b) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Baseball) The catcher's wire mask. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Caged p. pr. & vb. n. Caging. ] To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. “Caged and starved to death.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Confined in, or as in, a cage; like a cage or prison. “The caged cloister.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cage + -ling ] A bird confined in a cage; esp. a young bird. [ Poetic ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool) A kind of parrot, of a beautiful green color, found in the Philippine Islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tough old goose; hence, coarse, bad food of any kind. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. carrucagium (OF. charuage.), fr. LL. carruca plow, fr. L. carruca coach. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Old Eng. Law.) A tax on every plow or plowland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of plowing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cocagne, pays de cocagne; of uncertian origin, cf. Prov. F. couque cake, Catal. coca, L. coquere to cook; as if the houses in this country were covered with cakes. Cf. Cook, Cockney. ] 1. An imaginary country of idleness and luxury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The land of cockneys; cockneydom; -- a term applied to London and its suburbs. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. deca- + Gr. &unr_; a corner or angle: cf. F. décagone. ] (Geom.) A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles; any figure having ten angles. A regular decagon is one that has all its sides and angles equal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a decagon; having ten sides.

{ } n. [ F. décagramme; Gr. de`ka ten + F. gramme. See Gram. ] A mass in the metric system equal to ten grams, and equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois. See 3rd Gram. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + gynh` a woman, a female. ] (Bot.) A Linnæan order of plants characterized by having ten styles.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. décagyne. ] (Bot.) Belonging to the Decagynia; having ten styles. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To uncage. [ R. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; twelve + &unr_; angle: cf. F. dodécagone. ] (Geom.) A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; twelve + &unr_; woman, female. ] (Bot.) A Linnæan order of plants having twelve styles.

{ } a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Dodecagynia; having twelve styles. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Encaged p. pr. & vb. n. Engaging. ] [ Pref. en- + cage: cf. F. encager. ] To confine in a cage; to coop up. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Hendecagon. ] (Geom.) A plane figure of eleven sides and angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; eleven + &unr_; female. ] (Bot.) Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; eleven + &unr_; angle: cf. F. hendécagone. ] (Geom.) A plane figure of eleven sides and eleven angles. [ Written also endecagon. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incaged p. pr. & vb. n. Incaging ] [ Cf. Encage. ] To confine in, or as in, a cage; to coop up. [ Written also encage. ] “Incaged birds.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Confinement in, or as in, cage. [ Obs. ] Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. mascagnin. ] (Min.) Native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts; -- so named from Mascagni, who discovered it. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) The laughing falcon. See under laughing. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ Sp. pasacalle a certain tune on the guitar, prop., a tune played in passing through the streets. ] (Mus.) An old Italian or Spanish dance tune, in slow three-four measure, with divisions on a ground bass, resembling a chaconne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. piccadium, fr. F. piquer to prick. ] (O. Eng. Law) Money paid at fairs for leave to break ground for booths. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. quindecim fifteen + Gr. &unr_; angle. ] (Geom.) A plane figure with fifteen angles, and consequently fifteen sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. scaglia a scale, a shell, a chip of marble. ] A reddish variety of limestone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. scagliuola, dim. of scaglia. See Scaglia. ] An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ From Soc; cf. LL. socagium. ] (O.Eng. Law) A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate service; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight's service, in which the obligations were uncertain. The service must be certain, in order to be denominated socage, as to hold by fealty and twenty shillings rent. [ Written also soccage. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Socage is of two kinds; free socage, where the services are not only certain, but honorable; and villein socage, where the services, though certain, are of a baser nature. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (O. Eng. Law) A tennant by socage; a socman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + cage. ] To loose, or release, from, or as from, a cage. [ 1913 Webster ]