2. To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a
pipe, barrel, or keg.
3. (Mech.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the
form of, as of a part of a gunlock.
The vanes nicely gauged on each side.
Derham.
4. To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as
cloth or a garment.
5. To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to
judge of.
You shall not gauge me By what we do to-night.
Shak.
Gauge, n. [Written also gage.] 1. A measure; a standard of measure; an
instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and groove to equal
breadth by.
Moxon.
There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds.