Broad gauge () A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge. |
Cuttoo plate () A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle. |
Gauge (v. t.) To measure or determine with a gauge. |
Gauge (v. t.) To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg. |
Gauge (v. t.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock. |
Gauge (v. t.) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment. |
Gauge (v. t.) To measure the capacity, character, or ability of |
Gauge (n.) A measure |
Gauge (n.) Measure |
Gauge (n.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things |
Gauge (n.) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment |
Gauge (n.) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind |
Gauge (n.) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. |
Gauge (n.) The distance between the rails of a railway. |
Gauge (n.) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting. |
Gauge (n.) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid |
Plate (n.) A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions |
Plate (n.) Metallic armor composed of broad pieces. |
Plate (n.) Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver. |
Plate (n.) Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold. |
Plate (n.) A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table. |
Plate (n.) A piece of money, usually silver money. |
Plate (n.) A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed |
Plate (n.) A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from |
Plate (n.) That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc. |
Plate (n.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers |
Plate (n.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent. |
Plate (n.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light. |
Plate (n.) A prize giving to the winner in a contest. |
Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping. |
Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with plates of metal |
Plate (v. t.) To adorn with plated metal |
Plate (v. t.) To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae. |
Plate (v. t.) To calender |
Plate-gilled (a.) Having flat, or leaflike, gills, as the bivalve mollusks. |
Sea gauge () See under Gauge, n. |
Water gauge () A wall or bank to hold water back. |
Water gauge () An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the depth or quantity of water, or for indicating the height of its surface, as in the boiler of a steam engine. See Gauge. |
Water plate () A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket. |