Definition of gauge

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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..

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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..
Water Gage :: Water gage () See Water gauge.
Dolly :: Dolly (n.) A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc..
Ombrometer :: Ombrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge.
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 (v. t.) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment..
Water Gauge :: Water gauge () A wall or bank to hold water back.
Gauger-ship :: Gauger-ship (n.) The office of a gauger.
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
Planometer :: Planometer (n.) An instrument for gauging or testing a plane surface. See Surface gauge, under Surface..
Tagger :: Tagger (n.) Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge.
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) Measure; dimensions; estimate.
Gauged :: Gauged (p. a.) Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a 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..
Gage :: Gage (v. t.) To measure. See Gauge, v. t..
Gager :: Gager (n.) A measurer. See Gauger.
Audiometer :: Audiometer (n.) An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale.
Gauging Rod :: Gauging rod () See Gauge rod, under Gauge, n..
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The distance between the rails of a railway.
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