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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Gage \Gage\, n.
A measure or standard. See {Gauge}, n.
Gage \Gage\, v. t.
To measure. See {Gauge}, v. t.
You shall not gage me By what we do to-night. --Shak.
Gage \Gage\, n. [F. gage, LL. gadium, wadium; of German origin;
cf. Goth. wadi, OHG. wetti, weti, akin to E. wed. See {Wed},
and cf. {Wage}, n.]
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 \Gage\, n. [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 \Gage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gaged}; p. pr & vb. n.
{Gaging}.] [Cf. F. gager. See {Gage}, n., 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. --Shak.
2. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
Great debts Wherein my time, sometimes too prodigal,
Hath left me gaged. --Shak.
資料來源 : WordNet®
gage
n 1: street names for marijuana [syn: {pot}, {grass}, {green
goddess}, {dope}, {weed}, {sess}, {sens}, {smoke}, {skunk},
{locoweed}, {Mary Jane}]
2: a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a
quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of
rain etc. [syn: {gauge}]
v : place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting
on the new horse" [syn: {bet on}, {back}, {stake}, {game},
{punt}]