GAUGE

(Ang. Bax. gaeggian, to bind or confine.)to Architecture, the length of a slate or tile below the lap; also the measure to which say substance is confined. Plasterers use the word to sirnify the greater or le quantity of pl.asier of Paris used with Hie common plaster to accelerate:ing. Gaok. In Physics, an instrument or apparatus for measuring the state Of a phenomenon. Gage of the air pump is [s. 499]