meaning of gauge
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. To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.
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.
6. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
7. Measure; dimensions; estimate.
8. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button makers gauge.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
12. The distance between the rails of a railway.
13. The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
14. 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.
15. a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
Related Words
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