A graduated iron for sounding the pump-well.
·noun Measure; dimensions; estimate. II. Gauge ·vt To measure or determine with a gauge. III. Gaug...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An instrument for measuring shot, wads, &c. For round shot there are two kinds, viz. the high gauge,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun An instrument for measuring. II. Rod ·noun A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. III. R...
The connecting and coupling bars of the steam-engine. (See sounding-rod.) ...
·- 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 ...
See salinometer. ...
A neat apparatus for ascertaining the height of the water in a steamer's boiler. ...
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. ...
·- A plant with a tall flowering stem; ·esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod. I...
·- An usher in the legislature of British colonies. II. Black Rod ·- the usher to the Chapter of th...
·- ·see Gauge rod, under Gauge, ·noun. ...
·noun A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. Th...
·add. ·- A rod carrying a tappet or tappets, as one for closing the valves in a Cornish pumping engi...
·noun A rod used as a tie. ·see <<Tie>>. ...
·noun A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for bi...
In the marine engine, the part which connects the side-levers and the crank together. ...
, by its action on the gab-lever, which it catches either way, puts the engine into gear. ...
A small iron rod with a hook at the end, which is put into the holes made in a vessel's side, to asc...
A graduated indicator. ...
A rod which is firmly fixed in the piston by a key driven through both. ...
A Dutch measure of 12 English feet, formerly in use with us: it is more properly Rhine-land rod. ...
A slight rod of iron marked with feet and inches, which being let down by a line in a groove of the ...
A rod connecting the slide-valves of an engine, to both of which it is joined; it passes through the...