Definition of gauge

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

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Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
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..
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
Gauge :: Gauge (v. t.) To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of..
Water Gauge :: Water gauge () An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the depth or quantity of water, or for indicating the height of its surface, as in the boiler of a steam engine. See Gauge..
Anemometer :: Anemometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.
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..
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) 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..
Udometer :: Udometer (n.) A rain gauge.
Surveyor :: Surveyor (n.) An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger..
Hydrometer :: Hydrometer (n.) An instrument, variously constructed, used for measuring the velocity or discharge of water, as in rivers, from reservoirs, etc., and called by various specific names according to its construction or use, as tachometer, rheometer, hydrometer, pendulum, etc.; a current gauge..
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) 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..
Index :: Index (n.) That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of a watch, a movable finger on a gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In printing, a sign used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph; -- called also fist..
Ombrometer :: Ombrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge.
Water Gage :: Water gage () See Water gauge.
Gauging Rod :: Gauging rod () See Gauge rod, under Gauge, n..
Dolly :: Dolly (n.) A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc..
Gaugeable :: Gaugeable (a.) Capable of being gauged.
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard..
Gage :: Gage (n.) A measure or standard. See Gauge, n..
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