Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gage"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Wire \Wire\, n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[=i]rr, Dan.
vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin
to E. withy. ????.]
1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance
formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved
rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.

Note: Wire is made of any desired form, as round, square,
triangular, etc., by giving this shape to the hole in
the drawplate, or between the rollers.

2. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph;
as, to send a message by wire. [Colloq.]

{Wire bed}, {Wire mattress}, an elastic bed bottom or
mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in
various ways.

{Wire bridge}, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made
of wire.

{Wire cartridge}, a shot cartridge having the shot inclosed
in a wire cage.

{Wire cloth}, a coarse cloth made of woven metallic wire, --
used for strainers, and for various other purposes.

{Wire edge}, the thin, wirelike thread of metal sometimes
formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening
it.

{Wire fence}, a fence consisting of posts with strained
horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework,
between.

{Wire gauge} or {gage}.
(a) A gauge for measuring the diameter of wire, thickness
of sheet metal, etc., often consisting of a metal
plate with a series of notches of various widths in
its edge.
(b) A standard series of sizes arbitrarily indicated, as
by numbers, to which the diameter of wire or the
thickness of sheet metal in usually made, and which is
used in describing the size or thickness. There are
many different standards for wire gauges, as in
different countries, or for different kinds of metal,
the Birmingham wire gauges and the American wire gauge
being often used and designated by the abbreviations
B. W. G. and A. W. G. respectively.

{Wire gauze}, a texture of finely interwoven wire, resembling
gauze.

{Wire grass} (Bot.), either of the two common grasses
{Eleusine Indica}, valuable for hay and pasture, and {Poa
compressa}, or blue grass. See {Blue grass}.

{Wire grub} (Zo["o]l.), a wireworm.

{Wire iron}, wire rods of iron.

{Wire lathing}, wire cloth or wire netting applied in the
place of wooden lathing for holding plastering.

{Wire mattress}. See {Wire bed}, above.

{Wire micrometer}, a micrometer having spider lines, or fine
wires, across the field of the instrument.

{Wire nail}, a nail formed of a piece of wire which is headed
and pointed.

{Wire netting}, a texture of woven wire coarser than ordinary
wire gauze.

{Wire rod}, a metal rod from which wire is formed by drawing.


{Wire rope}, a rope formed wholly, or in great part, of
wires.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Wedge gauge \Wedge gauge\ or gage \gage\ .
A wedge with a graduated edge, to measure the width of a
space into which it is thrust.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gage \Gage\, n.
A measure or standard. See {Gauge}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gage \Gage\, v. t.
To measure. See {Gauge}, v. t.

You shall not gage me By what we do to-night. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gage \Gage\, n. [F. gage, LL. gadium, wadium; of German origin;
cf. Goth. wadi, OHG. wetti, weti, akin to E. wed. See {Wed},
and cf. {Wage}, n.]
1. 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.

Nor without gages to the needy lend. --Sandys.

2. 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. ``There I throw my
gage.'' --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gage \Gage\, n. [So called because an English family named Gage
imported the greengage from France, in the last century.]
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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gage \Gage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gaged}; p. pr & vb. n.
{Gaging}.] [Cf. F. gager. See {Gage}, n., a pledge.]
1. To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act;
to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge. [Obs.]

A moiety competent Was gaged by our king. --Shak.

2. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.

Great debts Wherein my time, sometimes too prodigal,
Hath left me gaged. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gauge \Gauge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gauged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gauging}] [OF. gaugier, F. jauger, cf. OF. gauge gauge,
measuring rod, F. jauge; of uncertain origin; perh. fr. an
assumed L. qualificare to determine the qualities of a thing
(see {Qualify}); but cf. also F. jalon a measuring stake in
surveying, and E. gallon.] [Written also {gage}.]
1. To measure or determine with a gauge.

2. To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity
of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.

3. (Mech.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the
accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.

The vanes nicely gauged on each side. --Derham.

4. To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread
through it, as cloth or a garment.

5. To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to
estimate; to judge of.

You shall not gauge me By what we do to-night.
--Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

gage
n 1: a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a
quantity or for testing conformity with a standard [syn:
{gauge}]
2: a soft drug consisting of the dried leaves of the hemp
plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect [syn: {cannabis},
{marijuana}, {ganja}, {pot}, {grass}, {marihuana}, {dope},
{weed}, {sess}, {sens}, {smoke}, {skunk}, {Mary Jane}]
3: a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of
euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared [syn: {marijuana},
{marihuana}, {ganja}, {pot}, {grass}, {dope}, {weed}, {sess},
{sens}, {skunk}, {Mary-Jane}, {Cannabis sativa}]
v : place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?" "I'm betting
on the new horse" [syn: {bet on}, {back}, {stake}, {game},
{punt}]


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