Definition of "gage" in англійська

verb

1. To bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage.

2. (archaic) To bet or wager (something).

3. (obsolete) To deposit or give (something) as a pledge or security; to pawn.

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.

verb

1. (US) Alternative spelling of gauge.

noun

1. A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.

noun

1. (slang, dated, uncountable) Marijuana

2. (archaic, UK, slang) A pint pot.

3. (archaic, UK, slang, metonymic) A drink.

4. (archaic, UK, slang) A tobacco pipe.

5. (archaic, UK, slang) A chamber pot.

6. (archaic, UK, slang) A small quantity of anything.

7. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A quart pot.