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Gauge 1Definition: To measure or determine with a gauge.
Gauge 2Definition: To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg. Gauge 3Definition: To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock. Gauge 4Definition: To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment. Gauge 5Definition: To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of. Gauge 6Definition: A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard. Gauge 7Definition: Measure; dimensions; estimate. Gauge 8Definition: 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, a rain gauge; a steam gauge. Gauge 9Definition: Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it. Gauge 10Definition: The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. Gauge 11Definition: The distance between the rails of a railway. Gauge 12Definition: The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting. Gauge 13Definition: 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. gauge 14Definition: a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. gauge 15Definition: diameter of a tube or gun barrel gauge 16Definition: the thickness of wire gauge 17Definition: the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train gauge 18Definition: accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared gauge 19Definition: mix in specific proportions; "gauge plaster" gauge 20Definition: adapt to a specified measurement; "gauge the instruments" gauge 21Definition: measure precisely and against a standard; "the wire is gauged" gauge 22Definition: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" gauge 23Definition: determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation; "gauge the wine barrels" gauge 24Definition: rub to a uniform size; "gauge bricks"
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