gauge

• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
• Measure
• A measure
• diameter of a tube or gun barrel
• a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
• accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
• the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
• the thickness of wire
• rub to a uniform size
• determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
• measure precisely and against a standard
• adapt to a specified measurement
• mix in specific proportions
• To measure or determine with a gauge
• To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg
• To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock
• To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment
• To measure the capacity, character, or ability of
• Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things
• Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment
• Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind
• The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water
• The distance between the rails of a railway
• The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting
• That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid

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