An instrument for measuring shot, wads, &c. For round shot there are two kinds, viz. the high gauge, a cylinder through which the shot must pass; and the low gauge, a ring through which it must not pass.
See gage.
·noun Measure; dimensions; estimate. II. Gauge ·vt To measure or determine with a gauge. III. Gaug...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half...
·- ·see under Gauge, ·noun. ...
·- A wall or bank to hold water back. II. Water gauge ·- An instrument for measuring or ascertainin...
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Wedge gage. ...
See anemometer ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
See salinometer. ...
A neat apparatus for ascertaining the height of the water in a steamer's boiler. ...
A graduated iron for sounding the pump-well. ...
Implies being farther from the point whence the wind blows, than another vessel in company. ...
A curved tube partly filled with mercury, to show the pressure of steam in an engine. ...
See pluviometer ...
The manometer of a steam-engine. ...
An instrument used by Drs. Hale and Desaguliers to investigate the depth of the sea, by the pressure...
An instrument contrived for measuring the height of the tides. ...