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Definition of Gage
gage Wire Wire, n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[=i]rr, Dan.
vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin
to E. withy. ????.]
1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance
formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved
rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.
Note: Wire is made of any desired form, as round, square,
triangular, etc., by giving this shape to the hole in
the drawplate, or between the rollers.
2. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph;
as, to send a message by wire. [Colloq.]
Wire bed, Wire mattress, an elastic bed bottom or
mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in
various ways.
Wire bridge, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made
of wire.
Wire cartridge, a shot cartridge having the shot inclosed
in a wire cage.
Wire cloth, a coarse cloth made of woven metallic wire, --
used for strainers, and for various other purposes.
Wire edge, the thin, wirelike thread of metal sometimes
formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening
it.
Wire fence, a fence consisting of posts with strained
horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework,
between.
Wire gauge or gage.
(a) A gauge for measuring the diameter of wire, thickness
of sheet metal, etc., often consisting of a metal
plate with a series of notches of various widths in
its edge.
(b) A standard series of sizes arbitrarily indicated, as
by numbers, to which the diameter of wire or the
thickness of sheet metal in usually made, and which is
used in describing the size or thickness. There are
many different standards for wire gauges, as in
different countries, or for different kinds of metal,
the Birmingham wire gauges and the American wire gauge
being often used and designated by the abbreviations
B. W. G. and A. W. G. respectively.
Wire gauze, a texture of finely interwoven wire, resembling
gauze.
Wire grass (Bot.), either of the two common grasses
Eleusine Indica, valuable for hay and pasture, and Poa
compressa, or blue grass. See Blue grass.
Wire grub (Zo["o]l.), a wireworm.
Wire iron, wire rods of iron.
Wire lathing, wire cloth or wire netting applied in the
place of wooden lathing for holding plastering.
Wire mattress. See Wire bed, above.
Wire micrometer, a micrometer having spider lines, or fine
wires, across the field of the instrument.
Wire nail, a nail formed of a piece of wire which is headed
and pointed.
Wire netting, a texture of woven wire coarser than ordinary
wire gauze.
Wire rod, a metal rod from which wire is formed by drawing.
Wire rope, a rope formed wholly, or in great part, of
wires.
gage Wedge gauge Wedge gauge or gage gage .
A wedge with a graduated edge, to measure the width of a
space into which it is thrust.
Gage Gage Gage, n.
A measure or standard. See Gauge, n.
Gage Gage Gage, v. t.
To measure. See Gauge, v. t.
You shall not gage me By what we do to-night. --Shak.
Gage Gage Gage, n. [F. gage, LL. gadium, wadium; of German origin;
cf. Goth. wadi, OHG. wetti, weti, akin to E. wed. See Wed,
and cf. Wage, n.]
1. A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a
security for the performance of some act by the person
depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security.
Nor without gages to the needy lend. --Sandys.
2. A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a
challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of
the challenge; a challenge; a defiance. ``There I throw my
gage.' --Shak.
Gage Gage Gage, n. [So called because an English family named Gage
imported the greengage from France, in the last century.]
A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage,
frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness
to the greengage. See Greengage.
Gage Gage Gage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gaged; p. pr & vb. n.
Gaging.] [Cf. F. gager. See Gage, n., a pledge.]
1. To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act;
to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge. [Obs.]
A moiety competent Was gaged by our king. --Shak.
2. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
Great debts Wherein my time, sometimes too prodigal,
Hath left me gaged. --Shak.
gage Gauge Gauge, 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.]
1. To measure or determine with a gauge.
2. To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity
of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.
3. (Mech.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the
accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.
The vanes nicely gauged on each side. --Derham.
4. To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread
through it, as cloth or a garment.
5. To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to
estimate; to judge of.
You shall not gauge me By what we do to-night.
--Shak.
