Meaning and origin of the word gage

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Definition of gage:

part of speech: noun

A variety of plum.
part of speech: verb

To bind by pledge or security.
part of speech: verb

To measure. Same as GAUGE.
part of speech: verb

To measure- see gauge.
part of speech: noun

In weather- gage, the windward of a ship.
part of speech: noun

A pledge or security; a glove or cap, & c., thrown to the ground as a challenge to combat.
part of speech: verb

To pledge; to wager.
part of speech: noun

A pledge: security for the fulfillment of a promise: something thrown down as a challenge, as a glove.

Common misspellings:

gague (1.1%)
guage (30.4%)
gauage (0.2%)
garge (0.2%)
grage (0.2%)
gadge (1.3%)
gauge (66.6%)
gaged (0.2%)

Miss Anthony and Mrs. Gage had already been through the agony of finding appropriate headquarters for the National Suffrage Association. "Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897" – Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Gage had up to this time hesitated to act. "The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees" – Mary Caroline Crawford

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