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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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..
Udometer :: Udometer (n.) A rain gauge.
Gauging Rod :: Gauging rod () See Gauge rod, under Gauge, n..
Audiometer :: Audiometer (n.) An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale.
Taxer :: Taxer (n.) One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is observed..
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) Measure; dimensions; estimate.
Former :: Former (n.) A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped..
Pluviometer :: Pluviometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge.
Recording :: Recording (a.) Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; -- applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge or telegraph..
Dolly :: Dolly (n.) A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc..
Gage :: Gage (n.) A measure or standard. See Gauge, n..
Gaugeable :: Gaugeable (a.) Capable of being gauged.
Anemometer :: Anemometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.
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..
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..
Water Gage :: Water gage () See Water gauge.
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..
Piezometer :: Piezometer (n.) A gauge connected with a water main to show the pressure at that point.
Gauger-ship :: Gauger-ship (n.) The office of a gauger.
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..
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