cage —
“His father had never a house but the,”
2 HENRY VI., iv. 2. 50.
“A cage was formerly a term
for a prison. See Minsheu in v. We yet talk of jail-birds”
(MALONE)
.
“There is scarce a village in England which has not a
temporary place of confinement still called The
Cage”
(STEEVENS)
.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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