What am I Riddles #3

The higher I climb, the hotter I engage, I can not escape my crystal cage. What am I?

I have legs but walk not, a strong back but work not, two good arms but reach not, a seat but sit and tarry not. What am I?

Large as a mountain, small as a pea, Endlessly swimming in a waterless sea. What am I?

Fire is often maintained above me, and if you remove my first letter, you will find the home shared by everyone you have ever known. What am I?

Metal or bone I may be, many teeth I have and always bared, yet my bite harms no one and people delight in my touch. What am I?

I am black of eye and bright of hair. I fast in to the ground and follow my lord as he races around the world. What am I?

My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick, Fat, I am slow, Wind is my foe. What am I?

I run around the city but never move. What am I?

I can be hairy and itchy all over. I hang on a stick. I can be the scariest thing you have ever seen. I stand in the middle of nowhere. What am I?

Weight in my belly, Trees on my back, Nails in my ribs, Feet I do lack. What am I?

You use me for my name, I'm not a breeze to tame, I'm fastest when I'm full and when it's cheap it sounds the same. You'll spot a nest near me (although I'm not a tree), the sea is fore, the sea is aft, it's all around, you see. What am I?

I walk on four legs in the morning, two legs at midday and three in the afternoon. What am I?

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?

Here there is no south, west, or east, and weather not fit for man or beast. What am I?

I'm a word that's hardly there. Take away my start, and I'm an herbal flair. What am I?