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▪ I. ˈcounter-gauge, n.
Also -gage, -guage.
[counter- 8.]
(See quots.)
1727–51Chambers Cycl., Counter-gage, in carpentry, a method used to measure the joints, by transferring, v. gr. the breadth of a mortise to the place in the timber where the tenon is to be, in order to make them fit each other. [So in Bailey (vol. II. 1731), Builder's Dict. (1734), Nicholson Pract. Builder (1823) 583, Gwilt, etc.] 1874Knight Dict. Mech., Counter-gage, an adjustable, double-pointed gage for transferring the measurement of a mortise to the end of a stick where a tenon is to be made, or vice versa.
▪ II. ˈcounter-ˌgauge, v.
[counter- 1.]
To gauge so as to check a prior gauging.
1869Daily News 22 Nov., Those who know that the Canal has been constantly gauged and counter-gauged.
Hence counter-gauger.
1704Lond. Gaz. No. 4027/4 By John Tremlett, Counter-Gager for the present Lord Mayor. |