Word Meaning

Meaning of "gauges" and the crossword clue

- Assess
- Dashboard dial
- Guess the diameter of gun barrel
- Measuring apparatus
- Measuring stick
- Meter
- To estimate
- Evaluates
- Measuring apparatuses
- 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.