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What does gage mean?

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Verb
  1. (obsolete) To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn.
  2. (archaic) To wager, to bet.
  3. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
Noun
  1. Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
  2. (obsolete) Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
Noun
  1. US alternative spelling of gauge (a measure, instrument for measuring, etc.)
Verb
  1. (US) Alternative spelling of gauge (to measure)
Noun
  1. A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.
Noun
  1. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) A quart pot. [15th–19th c.]
  2. (archaic, Britain, slang) A pint pot. [18th–19th c.c.]
  3. (metonymy) A drink. [from 19th c.]
  4. (archaic, Britain, slang) A tobacco pipe. [mid 17th–early 19th c.]
  5. (archaic, Britain, slang) A chamberpot. [19th c.]
  6. (archaic, Britain, slang) A small quantity of anything. [19th c.]
  7. (slang, dated) Marijuana
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