Gage vs. Gauge
Gageverb
(obsolete) To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn.
Gageverb
(archaic) To wager, to bet.
Gageverb
To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
Gageverb
(US) lang=en to measure
Gagenoun
Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
Gagenoun
(obsolete) Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
Gagenoun
alternative spelling of gauge|from=US alternativea measure, instrument for measuring, etc.
Gagenoun
A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.
Gagenoun
A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security.
Gagenoun
A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance.
Gagenoun
A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage. See Greengage.
Gagenoun
A measure or standard. See Gauge, n.
Gageverb
To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.
Gageverb
To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
Gageverb
To measure. See Gauge, v. t.
Gagenoun
street names for marijuana
Gagenoun
a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
Gageverb
place a bet on;
Gagenoun
a valued object deposited as a guarantee of good faith.
Gagenoun
a pledge, especially a glove, thrown down as a symbol of a challenge to fight.
Gagenoun
variant spelling of gauge
Gagenoun
another term for greengage
Gageverb
offer (an object or one's life) as a guarantee of good faith
Gageverb
variant spelling of gauge
Gaugenoun
A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
Gaugenoun
An act of measuring.
Gaugenoun
Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
Gaugenoun
A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
Gaugenoun
(rail transport) The distance between the rails of a railway.
Gaugenoun
A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
Gaugenoun
(knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
Gaugenoun
(nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
Gaugenoun
(nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
Gaugenoun
(plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
Gaugenoun
That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
Gaugenoun
(firearms) A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.
Gaugenoun
A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
Gaugenoun
A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
Gaugeverb
(transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
Gaugeverb
(transitive) To estimate.
Gaugeverb
(transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
Gaugeverb
To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
Gaugeverb
(transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
Gaugeverb
(transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
Gaugeverb
To measure or determine with a gauge.
Gaugeverb
To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.
Gaugeverb
To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.
Gaugeverb
To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment.
Gaugeverb
To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of.
Gaugenoun
A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
Gaugenoun
Measure; dimensions; estimate.
Gaugenoun
Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge.
Gaugenoun
Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; - usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.
Gaugenoun
Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.
Gaugenoun
The distance between the rails of a railway.
Gaugenoun
The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
Gaugenoun
That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
Gaugenoun
a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
Gaugenoun
accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
Gaugenoun
the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
Gaugenoun
the thickness of wire
Gaugenoun
diameter of a tube or gun barrel
Gaugeverb
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);
Gaugeverb
rub to a uniform size;
Gaugeverb
determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation;
Gaugeverb
measure precisely and against a standard;
Gaugeverb
adapt to a specified measurement;
Gaugeverb
mix in specific proportions;
Gaugenoun
an instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something
Gaugenoun
a tool for checking whether something conforms to a desired dimension
Gaugenoun
a means of estimating something
Gaugenoun
the thickness, size, or capacity of something, especially as a standard measure.
Gaugenoun
the diameter of a wire, fibre, tube, etc.
Gaugenoun
a measure of the diameter of a gun barrel, or of its ammunition, expressed as the number of spherical pieces of shot of the same diameter as the barrel that can be made from 1 lb (454 g) of lead
Gaugenoun
the thickness of sheet metal or plastic
Gaugenoun
the distance between the rails of a line of railway track
Gaugenoun
the position of a sailing ship to windward (the weather gage) or leeward (the lee gage) of another
Gaugeverb
estimate or determine the amount, level, or volume of
Gaugeverb
judge or assess (a situation, mood, etc.)
Gaugeverb
measure the dimensions of (an object) with a gauge
Gaugeverb
made in standard dimensions
