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Gauge :: Gauge (v. t.) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment..

Planometer :: Planometer (n.) An instrument for gauging or testing a plane surface. See Surface gauge, under Surface..

Male :: Male (v. t.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc..

Udometer :: Udometer (n.) A rain gauge.

Gauge :: Gauge (n.) 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..

Manometer :: Manometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing the gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. See Pressure, and Illust. of Air pump..

Weather :: Weather (a.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc..

Gage :: Gage (v. t.) To measure. See Gauge, v. t..

Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The distance between the rails of a railway.

Gauger :: Gauger (n.) One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks.

Gauge :: Gauge (n.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge..

Size :: Size (n.) An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, -- used for ascertaining the size of pearls..

Dolly :: Dolly (n.) A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc..

Water Gage :: Water gage () See Water gauge.

Templet :: Templet (n.) A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet..

Gauge :: Gauge (v. t.) To measure or determine with a gauge.

Water Gauge :: Water gauge () A wall or bank to hold water back.

Indicator :: Indicator (n.) A pressure gauge; a water gauge, as for a steam boiler; an apparatus or instrument for showing the working of a machine or moving part.

Tagger :: Tagger (n.) Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge.

Piezometer :: Piezometer (n.) A gauge connected with a water main to show the pressure at that point.

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