gage2, gauge (gaj)

t.; pret. and pp. gaged, gauged, ppr. gaging, gauging. [The pron. and the reg. former usage require the spelling gage; He gauged ye depne e of the dyche with a speare. Berners, tr. of Froi art's Chron., I. celxix. Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he could gauge . Goldsmith, Des. Vil., 1. 210 No eye like his to value horse or cow, Or gauge the contents of a stack or mow. Lowell, Fitz Adam's Story. IMG:content-2004.png:[blocks in formation] M. Arnold, Literature and Dogma, v. It is quite po ible to gauge tendencies and to interpret them correctly. W. L. Davidson, Mind, XIII. 91. 3. In needlework, especially dre making, to pucker in parallel rows by means of gathering- threads, either for ornament or to hold the mate- rial firmly in place. or to your people, here is my guage to the contrarie. Berners, tr. of Froi art's Chron., II. xv. Considering also with howe many benefites and spec i all gages of loue we are bound both to God and Christ. J. Udall , On Rom. viii. The sheriff is commanded to attach him, by taking gage : that is, certain of his goods, which he shall forfeit if he doth not appear. Black stone , Com., III. xix. 2. The act of pledging, or the state of being pledged; pawn; security. His credite he did often leave In gage for his gay Masters hopele e dett. Spenser, Mother Hub. Tale, 1. 865. I was fain to borrow these spurs; I have left my gown in gage for them. B. Jonson , Every Man out of his Humour, ii. 2. 3. Anything thrown down as a token of challenge to combat; hence, challenge. Formerly it was customary for the challenger to cast on the ground some article, most commonly a glove or gauntlet, which was taken up by the accepter of the challenge. See gaunt let1. Pale trembling coward, there I throw my gage , Disclaiming here the kindred of the king. Shak ., Rich. II., i. 1. There take my gage ; behold, I offer it To him that first accused him in this cause. Fairfax , tr. of Ta o's Godfrey of Boulogne, v. 58. To lay to gaget, to leave in pawn. Nares . For learned Collin lays his pipes to gage , And is to fayrie gone a pilgrimage. Drayton, Shepherd's Garland. gagel (gaj), v. t.; pret. and pp. gaged, ppr. gag ing. [OF. gager, F. gager = Pr. gatgar, gat jar, gage, pledge, Stow, Rich. II., an. 1380. Against the which, a moiety competent Was gaged by our king. O, do not go this feast, I'll gage my life, Is but a plot to train you to your ruin. jauge, a gage, gaging-rod; ML. gaugia, gauja, gagga, the standard measure of a wine-cask. See gage2, v.] 1. A standard of measure; an instrument for determining the dimensions, capacity, quantity, force, etc., of anything; hence, any standard of comparison or estimation; measure in general: as, a gage for the thickne of wires; to take the gage of a man's ability. Timothy had prepared a gauge by which they [servants] were to be measured. Arbuthnot, John Bull. The gauge of a pensioner's disability is always his fitne to do manual labor. The Century, XXVIII. 430. Specifically-(a) In the air-pump, an instrument of various forms for indicating the of exhaustion receiver. The kind most commonly used is the siphone gage (which see, below). (b) In joinery, an instrument for striking a line on a board, etc., parallel to its edge, consisting of a square rod with a marker near its end and an ad just able sliding piece for a guide. (c) In printing, a measure of the length of a page, or a graduated strip of wood, metal, or cardboard for determining the number of lines of type of a certain size in a given space. (d) In type founding, a piece of hard wood or polished steel, various ly notched, used to adjust the dimensions, slopes, etc., of the various sorts of letters. (e) Same as grip, 7. (See also caliber-gage, center-gage, gaging -rod, pre ure - gage, raingage, steam- gage, wind - gage, and phrases below.) 2. A standard or determinate dimension, quantity, or amount; a fixed or standard measurement. (a) In railroad construction, the width or dis. tance between the rails: as, standard, broad, or narrow gage. The standard gage is 4 feet 84 inches. A greater distance between the rails constitutes a broad a le distance a narrow gage. (b) In building, the length of a slate or tile below the lap. (c) In plastering: (1) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting. (2) The composition of plaster of Paris and other materials used in finishing plastered ceilings, for moldings, etc. (d) In lace - weaving, the finene of the lace. It depends upon the number of slits or openings in the combs, and consequently upon the number of bobbins in an inch of the double tier. (e) The diameter or size of the bore of a shot-gun. 3. Naut .: (a) The depth to which a ve el sinks in the water. (b) The position of a ship with reference to another ve el and to the wind. Shak., Hamlet, i. 1. When to the windward she is said to have the weather- gage ; when to the leeward, the lee - gage . -4. A quart pot. Davies . [Cant.] Ford, 'Tis Pity, v. 3. 2t. To bind by pledge, caution, or security; engage. I bowse no lage, but a whole gage Of this I bowse to you. Bisecting gage, a gage formed by a bar carrying two heads or cheeks connected by two arms of equal length, forming a toggle-joint, at which a pencil or scribe-awl is placed. The pencil or awl is thus at equal distances from the cheeks at whatever gage they may be set. Catheter-gage. catheter. Centering-gage, a gage for fixing the middle point of an axle. Car- Builder's Dict. See Bisecting Gage. Difference-gage, a gage adapted for testing the slight difference of diameter commonly required between parts which are to be fitted into each other, as the slight exce of diameter in a bearing in which an axle is to revolve, or the slight shortne of diameter in a socket into which a shaft is to be forced so as to fit tightly. - External gage, a male or plug gage. See plug - and -collar gage. Female gage. Same as internal gage. - Flat gage, a gage of which the two sides are made in true parallel planes, used for testing the correctne of the notches in wire gages. Floating gage, a gage indicating the height of the surface of a liquid by the agency of a float which rises and falls with the liquid. - Hydraulic gage. See hydraulic. Internal gage, a female or collar gage. See plug - and - collar gage. Male gage. Same as external gage.-- Mercurial gage, a pre ure-gage in which a column of mercury is used to indicate the pre ure; a mercurial level. Plug-and-collar gage, a pair of contact-measuring gages, external and internal, accurately adjusted to each other, and used respectively for testing internal and external diameters in cylindrical work. Router gage. See router.- Siphon-gage, a short bent tube, one branch of which is connected with the receiver, the other being closed at the top and filled with mercury when the proce begins. As the pre ure diminishes the mercury falls, and the degree of exhaustion is measured by the difference in its height in the two branches. This would become zero if a perfect vacuum were produced. - Star-gage. (a) A count of stars visible in a powerful telescope, within a certain area, in a given part of the heavens. (6) An instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any part of its length. It consists of a graduated bra tube having at one end a head from which radiate two fixed and two movable steel points. A slider in the graduated tube pushes outward the movable points as may be Stepped Gage. nece ary. Stepped gage, a form of male or plug gage in which a series of external gages are combined, each projecting like a step beyond that next in front of it.-V-gage, a form of wire-gage in which the notches are tapering or V. shaped, the sides of the notches being graduated. Such gages are sometimes made with but a single notch of large size. Wire-gage, a gage for measuring the thickne of wire and sheet-metal. It is usually a plate of steel having round the edge a series of notches of standard opening.