Gage



ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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.
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.
3.
A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage.
4.
A measure or standard.
verb
1.
To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.
2.
To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
1.
A wedge with a graduated edge, to measure the width of a space into which it is thrust.
1.
To measure