Definition of gauge

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

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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..
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..
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.
"""broad Gauge " :: Broad gauge () A wider distance between the rails than the standard gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge..
Gauger :: Gauger (n.) One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks.
Gaugeable :: Gaugeable (a.) Capable of being gauged.
Gager :: Gager (n.) A measurer. See Gauger.
Ombrometer :: Ombrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge.
Anemometer :: Anemometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.
Water Gage :: Water gage () See Water gauge.
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
Gauge :: Gauge (v. t.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock..
Norma :: Norma (n.) A templet or gauge.
Former :: Former (n.) A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped..
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..
Gage :: Gage (v. t.) To measure. See Gauge, v. t..
Gauging Rod :: Gauging rod () See Gauge rod, under Gauge, n..
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..
Surveyor :: Surveyor (n.) An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger..
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