In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
CAGED
Adjective
caged (not comparable)
Confined in a cage.
Of eggs: produced by birds confined in cages; not free-range.
Verb
caged
simple past tense and past participle of cage
Anagrams
• cadge
Source: Wiktionary
Caged, a.
Definition: Confined in, or as in, a cage; like a cage or prison. "The caged cloister." Shak.
CAGE
Cage, n. Etym: [F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf. Cave, n., Cajole, Gabion.]
1. A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals. In his cage, like parrot fine and gay. Cowper.
2. A place of confinement for malefactors Shak. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage. Lovelace.
3. (Carp.)
Definition: An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as the cage of a staircase. Gwilt.
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.
5. The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
6. (Mining)
Definition: The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
7. (Baseball)
Definition: The catcher's wire mask.
Cage, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caged; p. pr. & vb. n. Caging.]
Definition: To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. "Caged and starved to death." Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
23 December 2024
QUANDONG
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Coffee Trivia