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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: gage (0.03000 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to gage.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: gage
gage
n 1: street names for marijuana [syn:
pot,
grass,
green goddess
,
dope,
weed,
sess,
sens,
smoke,
skunk,
locoweed,
Mary Jane]
2: a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a
quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of
rain etc. [syn:
gauge]
v : place a bet on;
“Which horse are you backing?”;
“I'm betting
on the new horse” [syn:
bet on,
back,
stake,
game,
punt]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: gage
Gauge
\Gauge\ (g[=a]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Gauged; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Gauging] [OF. gaugier, F. jauger, cf. OF. gauge
gauge, measuring rod, F. jauge; of uncertain origin; perh.
fr. an assumed L. qualificare to determine the qualities of a
thing (see
Qualify); but cf. also F. jalon a measuring
stake in surveying, and E. gallon.] [Written also
gage.]
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1. To measure or determine with a gauge.
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2. To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity
of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.
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3. (Mech.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the
accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.
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The vanes nicely gauged on each side. --Derham.
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4. To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread
through it, as cloth or a garment.
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5. To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to
estimate; to judge of.
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You shall not gauge me
By what we do to-night. --Shak.
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