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Gauge   /geɪdʒ/   Listen
noun
Gauge  n.  
1.
A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard. "This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and groove to equal breadth by." "There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds."
2.
Measure; dimensions; estimate. "The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt."
3.
(Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge.
4.
(Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.
5.
(Naut.)
(a)
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.
(b)
The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
6.
The distance between the rails of a railway. Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad, gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England, seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six inches.
7.
(Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
8.
(Building) 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.
Gauge of a carriage, Gauge of a car, etc., the distance between the wheels; ordinarily called the track.
Gauge cock, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler.
Gauge concussion (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel flange striking the edge of the rail.
Gauge glass, a glass tube for a water gauge.
Gauge lathe, an automatic lathe for turning a round object having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round, to a templet or gauge.
Gauge point, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given measure; a term used in gauging casks, etc.
Gauge rod, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of barrels, casks, etc.
Gauge saw, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of cut.
Gauge stuff, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet.
Gauge wheel, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow.
Joiner's gauge, an instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board, etc.
Printer's gauge, an instrument to regulate the length of the page.
Rain gauge, an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place.
Salt gauge, or Brine gauge, an instrument or contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers.
Sea gauge, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea.
Siphon gauge, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with mercury, used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air pump or other vacuum; a manometer.
Sliding gauge. (Mach.)
(a)
A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use, as screws, railway-car axles, etc.
(b)
A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges, and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the working gauges.
(c)
(Railroads) See Note under Gauge, n., 5.
Star gauge (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its length.
Steam gauge, an instrument for measuring the pressure of steam, as in a boiler.
Tide gauge, an instrument for determining the height of the tides.
Vacuum gauge, a species of barometer for determining the relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a steam engine and the air.
Water gauge.
(a)
A contrivance for indicating the height of a water surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or glass.
(b)
The height of the water in the boiler.
Wind gauge, an instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface; an anemometer.
Wire gauge, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size. See under Wire.


verb
Gauge  v. t.  (past & past part. gauged; pres. part. gauging)  (Written also gage)  
1.
To measure or determine with a gauge.
2.
To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.
3.
(Mech.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock. "The vanes nicely gauged on each side."
4.
To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment.
5.
To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of. "You shall not gauge me By what we do to-night."





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"Gauge" Quotes from Famous Books



... I-don't-know-what superior man, in love! Neither more nor less! In love, like an every-day inhabitant of these realms, and with that black-eyed sister of mine that is to be! My word, it's too perfect! Adrian my brother-in-law—for if I gauge that fine creature properly—splendid old lady—she won't let him slide back this time. No, my dear Adrian, you are hooked for matrimony and a return to the living world. That black-eyed jade too, that Molly sister of my Madeleine, ...
— The Light of Scarthey • Egerton Castle
... tied firmly to the tree in such a position that the muzzle could be reached only from in front and in line with the barrel. In the breech of the barrel were ten drams of quick rifle powder, and upon the powder rested a brass 12-gauge shot shell, which had been filled with molten lead. Upon the muzzle was tied the fresh pork, attached to a string tied to the trigger and passing through a screw eye back of the guard. The superintendent knew that pork would be tempting to a mutton-sated bear, ...
— Bears I Have Met--and Others • Allen Kelly
... the wind blew easterly, but at three in the afternoon it shifted to the south and gave the enemy the weather gauge. In tacking we fetched within gunshot of the sternmost of them, and for half an hour or so we kept up a brisk bombardment; but our line was still much out of order, and some of our ships being even now three miles astern, nothing ...
— Humphrey Bold - A Story of the Times of Benbow • Herbert Strang
... every port and important city of earth. With a quick sense of the remarkable in ordinary commonplace, he had seen much of interest. His descriptions greatly entertained Oswald, who never tired of listening to Claude's narratives. Indeed it may be well surmised that from some of the broad-gauge ideas and epigrammatic sayings of Claude Leslie came much of Oswald's changed views and disposition to justify or excuse in others that which he formerly considered as utterly ...
— Oswald Langdon - or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 • Carson Jay Lee
... reel of pink cotton of the same size, or two pieces of white and two of pink netting-silk; three silk pink and white tassels; two yards and a half of silk bag-cord; half-a-yard of pink sarsnet; three meshes cornucopia gauge of No. 1, No. 6, and one No. 11; two netting-needles; and a piece of cane used for ...
— The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 • Unknown


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