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Gauge

noun

1.

A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.. Synonym: gage.

2.

Accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared. Synonym: standard of measurement.

3.

The distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train.

4.

The thickness of wire.

5.

Diameter of a tube or gun barrel. Synonyms: bore, caliber, calibre.

verb

(past & past part. gauged; pres. part. gauging) (Written also gage)

1.

Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time). Synonyms: approximate, estimate, guess, judge.

2.

Rub to a uniform size.

3.

Determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation.

4.

Measure precisely and against a standard.

5.

Adapt to a specified measurement.

6.

Mix in specific proportions.

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... main reeked with a villainous odour. They always commenced their bullying tactics as soon as they came aboard, especially if the vessel had apparently a quiet set of officers and a peaceful captain. They did not always gauge aright the pugilistic capacity of some of their forecastle brethren, and so it came to pass that once one of these six-feet-four rampaging creatures was threatening annihilation to a little forecastle colony, and, indeed, to the after-end colonists also, ...

— Windjammers and Sea Tramps • Walter Runciman

... the begging of the suddenly frightened voice, and dived into the air lock. In seconds, he had the outer hatch shut and was nervously watching the air pressure building up on the gauge. ...

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... from Chatham who managed the Bhamo State Line (The which was one mile and one furlong—a guaranteed twenty-inch gauge), So Exeter Battleby Tring consented his claims to resign, And died, on four thousand a month, in the ninetieth year of ...

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