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gage 1  (gj)
n.
1. Something deposited or given as security against an obligation; a pledge.
2. Something, such as a glove, that is offered or thrown down as a pledge or challenge to fight.
3. A challenge.
tr.v. gaged, gag·ing, gag·es Archaic
1. To pledge as security.
2. To offer as a stake in a bet; wager.

[Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]

gage 2  (gj)
n.
Any of several varieties of plum, such as the greengage.

[After Sir William Gage (1656?-1727), English botanist.]

gage 3  (gj)
n. & v.
Variant of gauge.

gage 1
Noun
(formerly) a glove or other object thrown down to indicate a challenge to fight [Old French]

gage 2
Noun, vb
[gaging, gaged] US same as gauge

Gage a small quantity—Slang Dictionary, 1874.
Examples: gage of gin, 1874; of tobacco, 1834.
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Noun1.gagegage - street names for marijuana
cannabis, ganja, marihuana, marijuana - the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect
2.gagegage - a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
anemometer, wind gage, wind gauge - a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind
depth gage, depth gauge - a gauge for measuring the depth of grooves or holes or other concavities
dipstick - a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level
gas gage, gas gauge, gasoline gage, gasoline gauge, petrol gage, petrol gauge - gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle
measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system - instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
pressure gage, pressure gauge - gauge for measuring and indicating fluid pressure
pluviometer, rain gage, rain gauge, udometer - gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation
strain gage, strain gauge - a gauge for measuring strain in a surface
scribing block, surface gage, surface gauge - gauge consisting of a scriber mounted on an adjustable stand; used to test the accuracy of plane surfaces
vacuum gage, vacuum gauge - a gauge for indicating negative atmospheric pressure
water gage, water gauge, water glass - gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir
wire gage, wire gauge - gauge for measuring the diameter of wire
Verb1.gage - place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
ante - place one's stake
parlay, double up - stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager
wager, bet, play - stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse"

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Soon after General Gage became governor a great many troops had arrived, and were encamped upon the Common.
From this station, as I pleased myself with imagining, Gage may have beheld his disastrous victory on Bunker Hill (unless one of the tri-mountains intervened), and Howe have marked the approaches of Washington's besieging army; although the buildings since erected in the vicinity have shut out almost every object, save the steeple of the Old South, which seems almost within arm's length.
The whole country was then a wilderness, and it was necessary to transport the bag gage of the troops by means of the rivers—a devious but practicable route.
 
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