gauge : Idioms & Phrases

• a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the water in the boiler too low.

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• an instrument for measuring the saltness of a liquid.

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• noun a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches
  

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Broad" gauge`

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1. (Railroad) A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge.

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• an instrument to test milk, being usually a graduated glass tube in which the milk is placed for the cream to rise.

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• an instrument for measuring the explosive force of gunpowder, etc., by its effect in compressing a piece of metal.

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• noun a gauge for measuring the depth of grooves or holes or other concavities
  depth gage.
  

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• noun an indicator of the amount of fuel remaining in a vehicle
  fuel indicator.
  

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• noun gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle
  gas gauge; gasoline gauge; petrol gage; gasoline gage; gas gage.
  

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• noun gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle
  gas gauge; gasoline gauge; petrol gage; gasoline gage; gas gage.
  

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• noun a particle that mediates the interaction of two elementary particles
  

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• a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler.

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• (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel flange striking the edge of the rail.

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• a glass tube for a water gauge.

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• an automatic lathe for turning a round object having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round, to a templet or gauge.

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• etc., the distance between the wheels; ordinarily called the track.

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• the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given measure; a term used in gauging casks, etc.

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• a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of barrels, casks, etc.

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• a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of cut. Knight.

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• a stiff and compact plaster, used in making cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet.

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• a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow.

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Gau"ging rod`

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1. See Gauge rod, under Gauge, n.

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• an instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board, etc.

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• . See Gauge, n. (Naut.)

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• (Mech.), a caliper or gauge with a micrometer screw, for measuring dimensions with great accuracy.

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• noun caliper for measuring small distances
  micrometer caliper; micrometer.
  

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• (Carp.), a gauge for determining the angle of a miter.

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• noun a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches
  

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• . (Railroad) See Note under Gauge, n., 6.

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• (Physics), a kind of gauge for measuring the exhaustion of an air-pump receiver; so called because consisting in part of a pear-shaped glass vessel.

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• noun gauge that indicates the amount of gasoline left in the gasoline tank of a vehicle
  gas gauge; gasoline gauge; petrol gage; gasoline gage; gas gage.
  

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• noun gauge for measuring and indicating fluid pressure
  pressure gage.
  

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• a gauge for indicating fluid pressure; a manometer.

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• . See under Devil, and Gauge.

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• an instrument to regulate the length of the page.

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• noun gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation
  rain gage; udometer; pluviometer.
  

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• an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place.
• an instrument of various forms measuring the quantity of rain that falls at any given place in a given time; a pluviometer; an ombrometer.

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• an instrument used to test the strength of brine; a salimeter.

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• an instrument or contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers.

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• an instrument for finding the depth of the sea.

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• an instrument for measuring the diameter of round shot. Totten.

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• a glass siphon tube, partly filled with mercury, used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air pump or other vacuum; a manometer.

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• . (Mach.) (a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use, as screws, railway-car axles, etc. (b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges, and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the working gauges. (c) (Railroads) See Note under Gauge, n., 5.

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• (Mach.), devices for indicating or recording the rate of a body's motion, as the number of revolutions of a shaft in a given time.

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• . See under Candle, and Gauge.

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• noun railroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches
  

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• (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of different parts of the bore of a gun.
• (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its length.

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• an instrument for indicating the pressure of the steam in a boiler. The mercurial steam gauge is a bent tube partially filled with mercury, one end of which is connected with the boiler while the other is open to the air, so that the steam by its pressure raises the mercury in the long limb of the tume to a height proportioned to that pressure. A more common form, especially for high pressures, consists of a spring pressed upon by the steam, and connected with the pointer of a dial. The spring may be a flattened, bent tube, closed at one end, which the entering steam tends to straighten, or it may be a diaphragm of elastic metal, or a mass of confined air, etc.
• an instrument for measuring the pressure of steam, as in a boiler.

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• noun a gauge for measuring strain in a surface
  strain gage.
  

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• noun gauge consisting of a scriber mounted on an adjustable stand; used to test the accuracy of plane surfaces
  scribing block; surface gage.
  

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• (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface.

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• a gauge for showing the height of the tide; especially, a contrivance for registering the state of the tide continuously at every instant of time. Brande & C.
• an instrument for determining the height of the tides.

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• noun a gauge for indicating negative atmospheric pressure
  vacuum gage.
  

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• a species of barometer for determining the relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a steam engine and the air.

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• a gauge with a graduated bar and a sliding jaw bearing a vernier, used for accurate measurements.

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• noun gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir
  water gage; water glass.
  

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• . (a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or glass. (b) The height of the water in the boiler.

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• . (a) (Naut.) The position of a ship to the windward of another. (b) Fig.: A position of advantage or superiority; advantage in position.

  To veer, and tack, and steer a cause Against the weather gauge of laws. Hudibras.

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• . See the Note under Cauge, 6.

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• noun a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind
  wind gage; anemometer.
  

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• an instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface; an anemometer.

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• noun gauge for measuring the diameter of wire
  wire gage.
  

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• a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size. See under Wire.

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• . (a) A gauge for measuring the diameter of wire, thickness of sheet metal, etc., often consisting of a metal plate with a series of notches of various widths in its edge. (b) A standard series of sizes arbitrarily indicated, as by numbers, to which the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal in usually made, and which is used in describing the size or thickness. There are many different standards for wire gauges, as in different countries, or for different kinds of metal, the Birmingham wire gauges and the American wire gauge being often used and designated by the abbreviations B. W.G. and A. W.G. respectively.

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