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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.</def>

<blockquote>The vanes nicely <b>gauged</b> on each side. <i>Derham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of.</def>

<blockquote>You shall not <b>gauge</b> me By what we do to-night. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gauge</h1> <Xpage=615>

<hw>Gauge</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Written also <ets>gage</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.</def>

<blockquote>This plate must be a <b>gauge</b> to file your worm and groove to equal breadth by. <i>Moxon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>There is not in our hands any fixed <b>gauge</b> of minds. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Measure; dimensions; estimate.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>gauge</b> and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mach. & Manuf.)</fld> <def>Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; <as>as, a button maker's <ex>gauge</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>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>as, a rain <ex>gauge</ex>; a steam <ex>gauge</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; <as>as, a vessel has the weather <ex>gauge</ex> of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee <ex>gauge</ex> when on the lee side of it</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The distance between the rails of a railway.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>standard gauge</i> of railroads in most countries is four feet, eight and one half inches. <i>Wide</i>, or <i>broad</i>, <i>gauge</i>, 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 <i>narrow gauge</i>. It varies from two feet to three feet six inches.</note>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Plastering)</fld> <def>The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Building)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Gauge of a carriage</col>, <col>car</col></mcol>, <cd>etc., the distance between the wheels; -- ordinarily called the <i>track<i>.</cd> -- <col>Gauge cock</col>, <cd>a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler.</cd> -- <col>Gauge concussion</col> <fld>(Railroads)</fld>, <cd>the jar caused by a car-wheel flange striking the edge of the rail.</cd> -- <col>Gauge glass</col>, <cd>a glass tube for a water gauge.</cd> -- <col>Gauge lathe</col>, <cd>an automatic lathe for turning a round object having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round, to a templet or gauge.</cd> -- <col>Gauge point</col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Gauge rod</col>, <cd>a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of barrels, casks, etc.</cd> -- <col>Gauge saw</col>, <cd>a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of cut. <i>Knight</i>.</cd> -- <col>Gauge stuff</col>, <cd>a stiff and compact plaster, used in making cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet.</cd> -- <col>Gauge wheel</col>, <cd>a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow.</cd> -- <col>Joiner's gauge</col>, <cd>an instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board, etc.</cd> -- <col>Printer's gauge</col>, <cd>an instrument to regulate the length of the page.</cd> -- <col>Rain gauge</col>, <cd>an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Salt gauge</col>, or <col>Brine gauge</col></mcol>, <cd>an instrument or contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers.</cd> -- <col>Sea gauge</col>, <cd>an instrument for finding the depth of the sea.</cd> -- <col>Siphon gauge</col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Sliding gauge</col>. <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use, as screws, railway-car axles, etc.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges, and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the working gauges.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Railroads)</fld> <cd>See Note under <er>Gauge</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 5.</cd> -- <col>Star gauge</col> <fld>(Ordnance)</fld>, <cd>an instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its length.</cd> -- <col>Steam gauge</col>, <cd>an instrument for measuring the pressure of steam, as in a boiler.</cd> -- <col>Tide gauge</col>, <cd>an instrument for determining the height of the tides.</cd> -- <col>Vacuum gauge</col>, <cd>a species of barometer for determining the relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a steam engine and the air.</cd> -- <col>Water gauge</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A contrivance for indicating the height of a water surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or glass.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The height of the water in the boiler.</cd> -- <col>Wind gauge</col>, <cd>an instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface; an anemometer.</cd> -- <col>Wire gauge</col>, <cd>a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size. See under <er>Wire</er>.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Gaugeable</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gauge"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being gauged.</def>

<h1>Gauged</h1> <Xpage=616>

<hw>Gauged</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge.</def>

<cs><col>Gauged brick</col>, <cd>brick molded, rubbed, or cut to an exact size and shape, for arches or ornamental work.</cd> -- <col>Gauged mortar</col>. <cd>See <cref>Gauge stuff</cref>, under <er>Gauge</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd></cs>

<h1>Gauger</h1> <Xpage=616>