Definitions for the word "gauge" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t.
To measure or determine with a gauge.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Measure; dimensions; estimate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
The distance between the rails of a railway.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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