GAUGE, verb transitive gage. 1. To measure or to ascertain the contents of a cask or vessel, as a pipe, puncheon, hogshead, barrel, tierce or keg. 2. To measure in respect to proportion. The vanes nicely gauged on each side-- GAUGE, noun gage. A measure; a standard of measure. 1. Measure; dimensions.
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