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Webster 1913 Edition


Gage

Gage

(gāj)
,
Noun.
[F.
gage
, LL.
gadium
,
wadium
; of German origin; cf. Goth.
wadi
, OHG.
wetti
,
weti
, akin to E.
wed
. See
Wed
, and cf.
Wage
,
Noun.
]
1.
A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security.
Nor without
gages
to the needy lend.
Sandys.
2.
A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance.
“There I throw my gage.”
Shak.

Gage

(gāj)
,
Noun.
[So called because an English family named
Gage
imported the greengage from France, in the last century.]
A variety of plum;
as, the
greengage
; also, the blue
gage
, frost
gage
, golden
gage
, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage. See
Greengage
.

Gage

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gaged
(gājd)
;
p. pr & vb. n.
Gaging
(gā′jĭng)
.]
[Cf. F.
gager
. See
Gage
,
Noun.
, a pledge.]
1.
To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.
[Obs.]
A moiety competent
Was
gaged
by our king.
Shakespeare
2.
To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
Great debts
Wherein my time, sometimes too prodigal,
Hath left me
gaged
.
Shakespeare

Gage

,
Noun.
A measure or standard. See
Gauge
,
Noun.

Gage

,
Verb.
T.
To measure. See
Gauge
,
Verb.
T.
You shall not
gage
me
By what we do to-night
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Gage

GAGE

,
Noun.
1.
A box or inclosure, made of boards, or with lattice work of wood, wicker or wire, for confining birds or beasts. For the confinement of the more strong and ferocious beasts, a cage is sometimes made of iron.
2.
An inclosure made with pallisades for confining wild beasts.
3.
A prison for petty criminals.
4.
In carpentry, an outer work of timber, inclosing another within it; as the cage of a wind mill or of a stair case.