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Something deposited or pledged as a guarantee of the fulfillment of an undertaking or loan
“The same process, involving distraints and blockade, may be used not only in pleas begun by writ, but also in pleas begun by gage and pledge.”
A standard by which something is judged or compared
“There is nothing to justify using the previous year's expense as the gage by which to criticize this year's costs.”
An instrument used for measurement
“The temperature gage is connected to the engine by a capillary tube equipped with a feeler bulb.”
Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat
“The gage was down for a duel that would split the Democratic party and ensure the election of a Republican president in 1860.”
A drug smoked or ingested for euphoric effect
The diameter of a round or cylindrical body
A speedometer, particularly one in a race car or other automobile
The act or process of calculating or reckoning
A device capable of sensing a specific substance or physical phenomenon
A long, thin piece of metal on a scale or dial which moves to indicate a figure or position
To measure or appraise the value, amount, level or quality of something
“Castor asked where he had worked before to gage his skills in doing electrical work.”
To predict, prophesy, or tell of future events
To give as security on a loan
To understand by thinking carefully about
To assign or regard as belonging to a particular category
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