gage

Noun

gage (plural gages)

1. Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
2. A glove or other pledge thrown down as a challenge to combat.

   • 1819: “But it is enough that I challenge the trial by combat — there lies my gage.” She took her embroidered glove from her hand, and flung it down before the Grand Master with an air of mingled simplicity and dignity — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

4 letters in word "gage": A E G G.

No anagrams for gage found in this word list.

Words found within gage:

ae ag age ea egg gae gag

• Definitions:
• An instrument used to measure magnitude or position; gages may be used to measure the elevation of water surface, the velocity of flowing water ...
• A family of genes expressed in various tumors and in testis that codes for tumor-associated antigens that are presented by human leukocyte antigen class I molecules and recognized by T cells.
• an instrument or device for measuring, indicating or comparing a physical characteristic.
• The distance between the two rails measured at right angles. Standard gage is 4 feet, 8 ½ inches.
• Refers to a dimension, generally thickness of a product, as measured by a gage of some type.
• Gauge is the spelling used in Great Britain but finds some use in the US It is chiefly found for nonlinear measurement instruments (fluid gages, etc.). ...
• The thickness of the blade.
• Device for registering water level, discharge, velocity, pressure, etc. A number that defines the thickness of the sheet used to make steel pipe. The larger the number, the thinner the pipe wall.
• A standard SAE designation of wire sizes, expressed in AWG (American Wire Gage). The larger the gage number, the smaller the wire.
• A standard unit of measurement for dimension, thickness, etc.
• pot: street names for marijuana bet on: place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" gauge: a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
• Gage may refer to: In place names:*Gage County, Nebraska*Gage, New Mexico*Gage, Oklahoma*Gage Park, Chicago*Gage Street in Hong Kong
• Gage is a surname, and may refer to: *Donald Gage (born 1945), American politician in California*George Gage, 7th Viscount Gage (1932–1993)*Henry Gage (1852-1924), American governor of California*Jack R. ...

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