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Definition gage
Etymology 1
From Middle English gage, from later Old French or early Middle French gager (verb), (also guagier in Old French) gage (noun), ultimately from Frankish *waddi, from Germanic (whence English wed). Doublet of wage, from the same origin through the Old Northern French variant wage. See also mortgage.
Verb
gage (third-person singular simple present gages, present participle gaging, simple past and past participle gaged)
- (obsolete) To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn.
- (archaic) To wager, to bet.
- To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
Noun
gage (plural gages)
- Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
- (obsolete) Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
Etymology 2
See gauge.
Noun
gage (plural gages)
- US alternative spelling of gauge (a measure, instrument for measuring, etc.)
Verb
gage (third-person singular simple present gages, present participle gaging, simple past and past participle gaged)
- (US) Alternative spelling of gauge (to measure)
Etymology 3
Named after the Gage family of England, who imported the greengage from France.
Noun
gage (plural gages)
- A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.
Etymology 4
Noun
gage
- (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) A quart pot. [15th–19th c.]
- (archaic, Britain, slang) A pint pot. [18th–19th c.c.]
- (archaic, Britain, slang, metonymically) A drink. [from 19th c.]
- (archaic, Britain, slang) A tobacco pipe. [mid 17th–early 19th c.]
- (archaic, Britain, slang) A chamberpot. [19th c.]
- (archaic, Britain, slang) A small quantity of anything. [19th c.]
- (slang, dated) Marijuana
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