"gage" Definition

Definitions for the word "gage" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage. See Greengage.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A measure or standard. See Gauge, n.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To measure. See Gauge, v. t.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
1 pledge; thing deposited as security. 2 symbol of a challenge to fight, esp. A glove thrown down. [germanic: related to *wed, *wage]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
9. slang
a small quantity of anything; as “a GAGE of tobacco,” meaning a pipeful; “a GAGE of gin,” a glassful. GAGE was, in the last century, a chamber utensil.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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