单词 | counter-gauge |
释义 | counter-gaugen. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Counter-gage, in Carpentry, a Method used to measure the Joints, by transferring, v. g. the breadth of a Mortoise to the Place in the Timber where the Tenon is to be, in order to make 'em fit each other. [So in Bailey (vol. II. 1731), Builder's Dict. (1734), Nicholson Pract. Builder (1823) 583, Gwilt, etc.] 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). counter-gaugev. To gauge so as to check a prior gauging. ΚΠ 1869 Daily News 22 Nov. Those who know that the Canal has been constantly gauged and counter-gauged. Derivatives counter-gauger n. ΚΠ 1704 London Gaz. No. 4027/4 By John Tremlett, Counter-Gager for the present Lord Mayor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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