gage

gage
    n 1: street names for marijuana [syn: {pot}, {grass}, {green
         goddess}, {dope}, {weed}, {gage}, {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}, {gage}]
    v 1: place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm
         betting on the new horse" [syn: {bet on}, {back}, {gage},
         {stake}, {game}, {punt}]
    

Gage \Gage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gaged} (g[=a]jd); p. pr & vb.
   n. {Gaging} (g[=a]"j[i^]ng).] [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.]
      [1913 Webster]

            A moiety competent
            Was gaged by our king.                --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
      [1913 Webster]

            Great debts
            Wherein my time, sometimes too prodigal,
            Hath left me gaged.                   --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]
    

Gage \Gage\, n.
   A measure or standard. See {Gauge}, n.
   [1913 Webster]
    

Gage \Gage\ (g[=a]j), 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.
      [1913 Webster]

            Nor without gages to the needy lend.  --Sandys.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]
    

Gage \Gage\, v. t.
   To measure. See {Gauge}, v. t.
   [1913 Webster]

         You shall not gage me
         By what we do to-night.                  --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]
    

Gage \Gage\ (g[=a]j), 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}.
   [1913 Webster]
    

Gauge \Gauge\ (g[=a]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gauged}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Gauging}] [OF. gaugier, F. jauger, cf. OF. gauge
   gauge, measuring rod, F. jauge; of uncertain origin; perh.
   fr. an assumed L. qualificare to determine the qualities of a
   thing (see {Qualify}); but cf. also F. jalon a measuring
   stake in surveying, and E. gallon.] [Written also {gage}.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. To measure or determine with a gauge.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity
      of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Mech.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the
      accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.
      [1913 Webster]

            The vanes nicely gauged on each side. --Derham.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread
      through it, as cloth or a garment.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to
      estimate; to judge of.
      [1913 Webster]

            You shall not gauge me
            By what we do to-night.               --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]
    

Gage, OK (town, FIPS 28250)
  Location: 36.31808 N, 99.75665 W
  Population (1990): 473 (266 housing units)
  Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 73843
    

Gage, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
   Population (2000):    429
   Housing Units (2000): 223
   Land area (2000):     0.415383 sq. miles (1.075837 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.415383 sq. miles (1.075837 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            28250
   Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
   Location:             36.318024 N, 99.757206 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     73843
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Gage, OK
    Gage
    

GAGE, contracts. Personal property placed by a debtor in possession of his 
creditor, as a security for his debt; a pawn. (q. v.) Hence mortgage is a 
dead pledge. 
    

Gage -- U.S. County in Nebraska
   Population (2000):    22993
   Housing Units (2000): 10030
   Land area (2000):     855.287542 sq. miles (2215.184470 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    4.649882 sq. miles (12.043138 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    859.937424 sq. miles (2227.227608 sq. km)
   Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
   Location:             40.248785 N, 96.692942 W
   Headwords:
    Gage
    Gage, NE
    Gage County
    Gage County, NE
    

77 Moby Thesaurus words for "gage":
      DET, DMT, LSD, Mary Jane, STP, THC, acid, antidepressant,
      ataractic, bail, battle cry, bid to combat, bond, challenge, dare,
      defi, defy, diethyltryptamine, dimethyltryptamine, double dare,
      earnest, earnest money, escrow, gage of battle, ganja, gauntlet,
      glove, grass, hallucinogen, handsel, hash, hashish, hay, hemp,
      hock, hostage, joint, kava, mainprise, marijuana, mescal,
      mescal bean, mescal button, mescaline, mind-altering drug,
      mind-blowing drug, mind-expanding drug, morning glory seeds, pawn,
      peyote, pignus, pledge, pot, psilocin, psilocybin, psychedelic,
      psychic energizer, psychoactive drug, psychochemical,
      psychotomimetic, rebel yell, recognizance, reefer, replevin,
      replevy, roach, stick, surety, tea, token payment, tranquilizer,
      undertaking, vadimonium, vadium, war cry, war whoop, weed