to measure or determine with a gauge.-to measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.-to measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.-to draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment.-to measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of.-a measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.-measure; dimensions; estimate.-any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge.-any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.-relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.-the depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.-the distance between the rails of a railway.-the quantity of plaster of paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.-that part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.