Gauge

1. n. 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.
2. v. t. To measure or determine with a gauge.
3. v. t. To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.
4. v. t. To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.
5. v. t. To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment.
6. v. t. To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of.
7. n. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
8. n. Measure; dimensions; estimate.
9. n. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker’s gauge.
10. n. 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.
11. 1n. 1 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.
12. 1v. t. 1 To measure or determine with a gauge.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.