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gauge(encyclopedia)
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gauge 1, noun(dictionary)
gauge 2, verb(dictionary)
gauge (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
dial gauge(encyclopedia)

gauge(2) (iou)



gauge verb trans. Also *gage. LME.
[Old Northern French gauger, var. of (also mod.) jauger: cf. GAUGE noun.]
Measure or determine the exact dimensions, proportions, or amount of (esp. an object of standard size, as wire, a bolt, or a fluctuating force, as rainfall or wind); ascertain the exact depth of (a liquid). LME.
Ld Berners He gauged ye depnesse of the dyche with a speare. John Phillips I have gauged..the river..and obtained..the quantity of water in cubic feet per day. P. Warner The copper-tin alloy was not always accurately gauged. Industry Week Productivity is gaged by output per manhour.
Find the capacity or content of (a cask or similar vessel) by measurement and calculation, esp. by means of a gauging-rod. LME.
Mark or measure off (a specified distance). LME.
fig. Evaluate, appraise; estimate, take the measure of; esp. assess the character, temperament, etc., of (a person). L16.
G. Orwell With no clocks and no daylight it was hard to gauge the time. G. Greene Money was never the standard by which values were gauged. E. L. Doctorow Everyone talked around Freud, glancing at him..to gauge his mood.
Cause to conform to standard dimensions; spec. cut (bricks or stones) to a uniform size. E17.
Building. Mix (plaster) in the proper proportions for quick drying. L17.
Dressmaking. Draw up (part of a garment) in a series of parallel gathers. L19.
Comb.: gauging-rod an instrument for measuring the capacity or contents of casks.
gaugeable adjective (a) Hist. (of a cask of liquor etc.) liable to be gauged for excise duty; (b) able to be measured or gauged: LME.
gauger noun (a) a person who or an instrument which gauges; (b) spec. an official who measures the quantity of liquor in a cask; esp. (now Hist. & Scot.) an exciseman: ME.