Wedge gage

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• Gage

  ·vt To measure. ·see <<Gauge>>, ·vt. II. Gage ·noun A measure or standard. ·see <<Gauge>>, ·noun. ...

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• gage

  1) A quart pot, or a pint; also a pipe. CANT. 2) A pipe of tobacco. ...

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• gage

  The quantity of water a ship draws, or the depth she is immersed. ...

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• Wedge

  ·vt To force or drive as a wedge is driven. II. Wedge ·noun A mass of metal, especially when of a w...

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• wedge

  Silver plate, because melted by the receivers of stolen goods into wedges. CANT. ...

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• wedge

  [from the Anglo-Saxon wege]. A simple but effective mechanical force; a triangular solid on which a ...

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• Water gage

  ·- ·see Water gauge. ...

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• jockum gage

  A chamber-pot, jordan, looking-glass, or member-mug. CANT. ...

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• gage, weather

  When one ship is to windward of another she is said to have the weather-gage of her; or if in the op...

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• gage-cocks

  These are for ascertaining the height of the water in the boiler, by means of three or more pipes, h...

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• water-gage

  A sea wall or bank. Also, an instrument to measure the depth of inundations. ...

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• weather-gage

  A vessel has the weather-gage of another when she is to windward of her. Metaphorically, to get the ...

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• wind-gage

  See anemometer. ...

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• Wedge gauge

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Wedge gage. ...

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• Wedge gear

  ·add. ·- A friction gear wheel with wedge-shaped circumferential grooves. ...

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• Wedge-formed

  ·adj Having the form of a wedge; cuneiform. ...

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• Wedge-shaped

  ·adj Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform. II. Wedge-shaped ·adj Broad and truncate at the summit...

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• Wedge-shell

  ·noun Any one of numerous species of small marine bivalves belonging to Donax and allied genera in w...

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• Wedge-tailed

  ·adj Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedl...

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• wedge-bill

  n. an Australian bird. ThisEnglish name for a species of humming-bird is applied inAustralia to Sph...

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• ganny-wedge

  A thick wooden wedge, used in splitting timber. ...

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• wedge-fids

  For top and top-gallant masts; in two parts, lifting by shores and sett-wedges. (See setting-up.) ...

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• tree-nail wedge

  A cross is cut in the tree-nail end, and wedges driven in, caulked; or sometimes a wedge is driven i...

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• wedge-shaped gulf

  One which is wide at its entrance, and gradually narrows towards its termination, as that of Califor...

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