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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

gage, sometimes gauge, a term used at sea in relation to the direction of the wind. A ship which is to windward of another has the weather gage of it; one to leeward has the lee gage. It was a point of great significance in naval battle during the days of sail, either gage giving certain advantages to the fleet commander according to the way in which he wished to fight the battle. See also line of battle; warfare at sea.
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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

gage1 / gāj/ archaic • n. a valued object deposited as a guarantee of good faith. ∎  a pledge, esp. a glove, thrown down as a symbol of a challenge to fight. • v. [tr.] offer (a thing or one's life) as a guarantee of good faith. gage2 • n. & v. variant spelling of gauge. gage3 • n. another term for greengage.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

gage1 pledge, security XIV. — (O)F., ult. — Gmc. *waðjam (see WED). Cf. WAGE.
So vb. †pledge, pawn; †stake, wager. XVI. — (O)F. gager or aphetic of ENGAGE.
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Gage

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms | 1985 | Copyright

Gage

a small quantity—Slang Dictionary, 1874.

Examples: gage of gin, 1874; of tobacco, 1834.
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gage2 see GREENCAGE.
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gage3 var. of GAUGE.
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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

gage See greengage.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

gage •age, assuage, backstage, cage, downstage, engage, enrage, gage, gauge, mage, multistage, offstage, onstage, Osage, page, Paige, rage, rampage, sage, stage, swage, under-age, upstage, wage •greengage • ribcage • birdcage •teenage • saxifrage • outrage •space-age

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