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gage
Part of speech: NounA standard of measure; a measuring rod.
Part of speech: VerbTo measure; to find out, as the contents of any receptacle. Also, gauge.
Part of speech: NounA promise or agreement; a security; a kind of plum; a challenge to fight; a glove, cap, or the like thrown on the ground as a challenge to fight.
Usage examples "gage":- Again the birds swung, again Gordon rose, and again two ducks fell dead to the quick right and left of the little sixteen- gage. - "Loaded Dice", Ellery H. Clark.
- If I fail, I send this back in token that I renounce all hope; if I can come to you with honor and with fame, this shall be my gage that I may speak, that you will listen? - "Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories", Ouida.
- Gage caught his breath. - "Frank Merriwell's Chums", Burt L. Standish.