gagen.¹

Brit.

/ɡeɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ɡeɪdʒ/

Forms: Also 1500s gauge, gayge, guage, 1500s–1600s gadge.

Etymology: < Old French g(u)age (French gage ) masculine = Provençal gages , Spanish gage , Portuguese gage , Italian gaggio < Romance *gwadjo , < Old Germanic *wadjo^m : see wed n. The Old French variant wa(i)ge was adopted in the form wage n.

a. Something of value deposited to ensure the performance of some action, and liable to forfeiture in case of non-performance; a pawn, pledge, security.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a pledge or security

warrantisea1300

surancec1300

borrow-gage1303

suretyc1330

wage1338

wed1340

again-behotera1382

hostagec1400

sickeringa1450

gage1486

soverty1488

vadimonyc1503

pledge1526

slauntiagh1535

band1596

mortgage1598

ward and warsela1600

covenant1644

guaranty1697

security1711

guaranteeship1715

cautionment1815

guarantee1832

1486 ( in F. J. Furnivall Gild of St. Mary, Lichfield (1920) 19 Poore men dwelling within the citie aboueseid.. may be releeved by a sufficient gage or pledge leyd in-to the seyd cofre for borowing mony of the same.

1513–14 Act 5 Hen. VIII c. 1 He shal..bring in sufficient gage and plegge..into the Kynges Court of Chauncerie or els to remayn in warde.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. i. §2. 160 He also left Philip..for the gage of his promises to Pelopidas.

1700 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) iv. xix. 423 The Arguments that gain it Assent, are the vouchers and gage of its Probability to us.

1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto (1798) iii. 52 ‘Here take my gage’ [a ring].

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. iii. xix The sheriff is commanded to attach him, by taking gage, that is certain of his goods which he shall forfeit if he doth not appear.

1867 ‘Ouida’ Cecil Castlemaine's Gage 17 This shall be my gage, that I may speak.

b. In phrases, at gage, (to deliver, give, leave) in gage, (to lay, lie, sweep) to gage, (to give) under gage, upon gage; also in gage of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [adverb]

to, in wedOE

to warec1460

borrow1489

(to give) under gage, upon gage1523

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccliii. 375 The towne of Doway and Lisle delyuered in gage for money, y^t[etc.].

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Z.iv^v We put our lyfe in daunger, and lay our honour to gauge.

1560 Randolph in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1881) VI. 409 Was fain to leave his saffron shirt in gage.

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1447/1 I will lay my gowne to gage.

1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Bona praedia, gages: goodes lying to gage.

1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 39 Ill huswiferie swepeth her linnen to gage.

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ii. 119 Thirty thowsand duckats..giuen vnder gage of the kinges iewells.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 93 The common people..borowed money..vpon gage of their bodies to serue it out.

1593 M. Drayton Idea iii. sig. C3 Learned Collin laies his pipe to gage.

a1631 R. Cotton Abstr. Rec. Tower (1642) 9 When his owne were at gage, he [etc.].

1853 C. Merivale Fall Rom. Republic viii. 234 Appealing to his birth, rank, and aristocratic sentiments, in gage of his loyalty.

2. spec. A pledge (usually a glove thrown on the ground) of a person's appearance to do battle in support of his assertions. Hence, a challenge. Also gage of battle.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to > token or pledge of challenge

gage13..

wedc1330

glovea1400

pledge1590

pawn1597

society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to

appeala1450

provocation1484

challenge1530

defya1586

gagea1592

dare1594

defiance1597

13.. K. Alis. 7236 He with-seith alle homage; And sendeth you, by sonde, gage.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lii. l. 865 Thanne Sire Piers, that was so dowhty A knyht..Aȝens kyng Marahans put his Gage.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxxxi. 123 He accused one of treason, the whiche anone casted his gage of bataylle vnto hym.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccci. 445 Caste downe your gage in that quarell, and ye shall fynde him that shall take it vp.

a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. Bii^v I will pawne my honor to his gage, He shall ere night be met and combatted.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne v. lviii. 86 There take my gage, behold I offer it To him that first accus'd him in this cause.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 147 A gauntlet flung down is a gage of knightly battle.

1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. iii. 72 He was going to throw down a very ugly gage of battle.

figurative.1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 315 He was very loath to retreat from any gage of battle thus produced.

†3. plural. Scottish. [probably a late adoption of French gages in the same sense.] Wages. on the gages of: in the pay of. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1562 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1790) 5 To haife the said College [of Justice] eiked the noumer of six, and, in the meyn tyme, the gauges to be eiked and augmentit.

?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 16 That na idle person be haldin on the gagis or expensis of the vniuersite.

?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 14 The principal sal deduce sa mekle of hys gagis to be vsit to the common profet of the college.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

gage-place n.

ΚΠ

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vii. 474/1 The Castles of Rockesbrough and Berwicke (cautionarie Castles, or gage places for part of his ransome) should be restored.

gage-selling n.

ΚΠ

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xxix. sig. Ev^v Marye madame this lady payeth wythout anye gage sellyng [Fr. sans gage vendre].

gage-thrower n.

ΚΠ

1893 Westm. Gaz. 20 Dec. 3/1 Here was the opener, the gage thrower in the lists, declaring that he was no party champion.

C2.

gage-like adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [adjective] > like a pledge

gage-like1847

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 103 She..flung defiance down Gagelike to man.

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gagen.²

Brit.

/ɡeɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ɡeɪdʒ/

Etymology: perhaps < gage n.¹, the sense being ‘enough to pledge any one with’, or variant gauge n. a measure.

slang.

1. A quart pot; a quart pot full.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > holding specific amount

pint1354

pint pot1383

potteler1386

pottle pot1392

gagec1440

quart stoup1452

thirdendeal1571

pint stoup1638

triental1656

pottle1698

go1788

three-out1836

shant1851

jackshay1867

stein1915

viertel1967

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 186 Gage, lytylle belle (S. lytyll bolle).

1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Biiii A gage of bowse whiche is a quarte pot of drinke.

1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. F4^v I bowse no Lage, but a whole Gage Of this I'll bowse to you.

1708 Mem. John Hall 10 Gage, a Pot.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Gage, a quart pot, also a pint, (cant).

2. A pipe; a pipeful (of tobacco).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > pipe

pipe1588

tobacco-pipe1596

gage1676

gun1708

tube1736

steamer1811

gum-bucket1893

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > pipe > quantity smoked in

pipe1588

pipeful1602

gage1676

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Gage, a pot or pipe.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Gage, a Pot or Pipe. Tip me a Gage, give me a Pot or Pipe.

1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 353 In the mean time tip me a gage of fogus, Jerry.

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gagen.³

Brit.

/ɡeɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ɡeɪdʒ/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: greengage n.

Etymology: Apparently short for greengage n.

= greengage n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > plum > greengage

greengage1718

gage1888

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > plum > greengage

Reine Claude1691

greengage1718

gage1888

1888 Daily News 10 Sept. 7/1 Plums, with their congeners, damsons and gages, were but little thought of.

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gagev.

Brit.

/ɡeɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ɡeɪdʒ/

Forms: Also 1500s gagie, guage, gauge, gayge, 1600s gaige.

Etymology: < French gager in same sense, or aphetic form of engage v., to which it corresponds in several senses.

†1.

a. transitive. To pledge or pawn; to mortgage the revenues of (a country). = engage v. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal obligation > bond or recognizance > requiring or giving legal security > legal security [verb (transitive)] > mortgage

wadsetc1330

to lay in (also to) mortgagea1393

to set to mortgagea1393

mortgage1469

gage1474

engage1525

immortgage1575

thirl1582

impignoratea1639

hypothecate1693

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. v. 121 They began..to axe and demande of her the besant that they had gyuen to her. And she answerd That hit was holden & gaged vpon an ymage.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 243^v Themperoure..gagied the Malucas and the spicerie to the kynge of Portugale.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 748 Hast thou not plate, and apparell to sell or gage or helpe him to some?

1592 J. Stow Annales 1380. 443 Sir Iohn Philpot..released the armour which the souldiers had gaged for their victuals.

absolute.1555 W. Waterman tr. Josephus in tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions sig. X.vij If he that hathe gauged be a manne of substaunce: lette the creditour kepe the gauge vntle the restitucion of the lone be made.

†b. To give a pledge for; to undertake to make. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > pledge or undertake to give or do

sweara1154

fast?a1160

plightc1275

givec1300

undertake1393

strokea1400

warranta1400

foldc1400

pledge?a1439

affiance1523

pass1528

betroth1573

assume1602

impawna1628

gagea1642

spond1698

guarantee1820

vouch1898

a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iii. 154 Neither would the Court order the Defendant to gage deliverance.

†c. to gage battle: to pledge oneself to judicial combat. Cf. French gager bataille. Obsolete. (Cf. wage v.)

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear causes [verb (intransitive)] > pledge oneself to trial by combat

to wage battle1569

to gage battle1586

1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 77 If one gentleman shall detract from the honor of another..let combate be guaged.

1600 Tate in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 8 Battel personal gaged betwixt the subjects of one kingdom in criminal causes.

1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 22 The defendant shall not gage battel in such appeales.

a. To stake, wager; to risk, bet. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > bet (money, etc.)

laya1300

wed1362

to lay downc1430

setc1460

jeopardc1470

wage1484

holda1500

pary?a1505

to stake down1565

stake1591

gagec1598

bet?a1600

go1607

wagera1616

abet1617

impone1702

sport1706

stand1795

gamble1813

parlay1828

ante1846

to put on1890

plunge1919

c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. iii. 192 Onlie to gage sa mekill of his awin money as he pleisis upon the hazarde of the rinning of the cairtes.

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 90 Against the which a moity competent, Was gaged by our King.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 67 Assailed by the Christians, with such furie, as if they had thereon purposed to gage their whole forces.

1751 B. Holloway Originals Physical & Theol. II. 58 Doing the same as if he staked or gaged his Seventh, i.e. all his Hopes of the Divine Vision.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles ii. vii. 49 And 'gainst an oaken bough I'll gage my silver wand of state.

b. figurative. To pledge, offer as a guarantee or forfeit (one's head, life, etc.). (Cf. engage v. 2.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)] > one's life, honour, etc.

wagec1430

gagec1547

pawna1566

engage1568

wager1640

parole1664

pledge1775

c1547 Vox Populi xiii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 412 My hed I hold and gage, There wylbe greate outrage.

1573 Essex in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 32 To all which pointes I gage myne honour and faith.

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses (new ed.) i. sig. Kiv^v That thei would paie hym, or els thei would guage their neckes.

1599 Warning for Faire Women i. 279 I will gage my hand, Few women can my mistress force withstand.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 10 The clergie men that had before for his safetie gaged their faith.

1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore v. sig. I2 ^v This feast (Ile gage my life) Is but a plot to trayne you to your ruine.

1876 G. W. Cox Gen. Hist. Greece iv. i. 510 A guide sent to them by the headman of this place gaged his life as a forfeit if he failed.

†3. To bind as by a formal promise. Obsolete. (Cf. engage v. 4.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > bind by a promise

conjurec1290

to speak for ——a1300

avow1303

adjurea1425

surec1460

arrest1489

gage1489

insure1530

pledge1571

fiance1592

objure1609

sacrament1621

attest1685

1489 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) p. xcviii You have ministered unto us cause, as gaged to remember you in time to come.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. i. 38 Here is a letter from Queene Hecuba; A token from her daughter..Both taxing me, and gaging me to keepe: An oth that I haue sworne.

4. intransitive for reflexive. To assert on one's own responsibility that. (Cf. engage v. 6.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (intransitive)]

protesta1486

assertionate1593

aver1599

contest1607

asseverate1807

gage1811

predicate1828

pose1840

to take one's dick1861

to stick up1876

1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 19 I gage, though long our way, and drear, We reach our nuptial bed to day.

1865 J. Ballantine Poems 24 The other wore the crown of age, But a brighter one she found, I gage.

†5. transitive. To fix or fasten in or upon. Obsolete. (Cf. engage v. 11b.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > make fast [verb (transitive)] > fasten or fix > in something

infesta1340

gage1680

1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xiv. 239 This Neck is..gaged in the Shackle.

1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xi. 201 The further or open side of the Male-screw is gaged in, or pin'd on the Female-screw with a Wooden Pin thrust through two opposite Holes.

†6. To bind or entangle in. Cf. engage v. 13.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [verb (intransitive)] > become entangled

gage1600

foul1835

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. i. 130 The great debts wherein my time something too prodigall Hath left me gagd .

Derivatives

gaged adj.

ΚΠ

1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xii. lxxvii. 314 Elenor..did tell The Circumstances of her Ring..And shewes the gaged Tablet.

ˈgaging n. in senses of the verb.

ΚΠ

1555 R. Eden Of Pole Antartike in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 244 The gageing of the Ilands of Malucas.

1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 153 Gaging of single battaile.

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n.¹13..

n.²c1440

n.³1888

v.1474

单词	gage
释义	gagen.¹ Brit. /ɡeɪdʒ/, U.S. /ɡeɪdʒ/ Forms: Also 1500s gauge, gayge, guage, 1500s–1600s gadge. Etymology: < Old French g(u)age (French gage ) masculine = Provençal gages , Spanish gage , Portuguese gage , Italian gaggio < Romance gwadjo , < Old Germanic wadjo^m : see wed n. The Old French variant wa(i)ge was adopted in the form wage n. 1. a. Something of value deposited to ensure the performance of some action, and liable to forfeiture in case of non-performance; a pawn, pledge, security. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a pledge or security warrantisea1300 surancec1300 borrow-gage1303 suretyc1330 wage1338 wed1340 again-behotera1382 hostagec1400 sickeringa1450 gage1486 soverty1488 vadimonyc1503 pledge1526 slauntiagh1535 band1596 mortgage1598 ward and warsela1600 covenant1644 guaranty1697 security1711 guaranteeship1715 cautionment1815 guarantee1832 1486 ( in F. J. Furnivall Gild of St. Mary, Lichfield (1920) 19 Poore men dwelling within the citie aboueseid.. may be releeved by a sufficient gage or pledge leyd in-to the seyd cofre for borowing mony of the same. 1513–14 Act 5 Hen. VIII c. 1 He shal..bring in sufficient gage and plegge..into the Kynges Court of Chauncerie or els to remayn in warde. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. i. §2. 160 He also left Philip..for the gage of his promises to Pelopidas. 1700 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) iv. xix. 423 The Arguments that gain it Assent, are the vouchers and gage of its Probability to us. 1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto (1798) iii. 52 ‘Here take my gage’ [a ring]. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. iii. xix The sheriff is commanded to attach him, by taking gage, that is certain of his goods which he shall forfeit if he doth not appear. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Cecil Castlemaine's Gage 17 This shall be my gage, that I may speak. b. In phrases, at gage, (to deliver, give, leave) in gage, (to lay, lie, sweep) to gage, (to give) under gage, upon gage; also in gage of. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [adverb] to, in wedOE to warec1460 borrow1489 (to give) under gage, upon gage1523 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccliii. 375 The towne of Doway and Lisle delyuered in gage for money, y^t[etc.]. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Z.iv^v We put our lyfe in daunger, and lay our honour to gauge. 1560 Randolph in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1881) VI. 409 Was fain to leave his saffron shirt in gage. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1447/1 I will lay my gowne to gage. 1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Bona praedia, gages: goodes lying to gage. 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 39 Ill huswiferie swepeth her linnen to gage. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ii. 119 Thirty thowsand duckats..giuen vnder gage of the kinges iewells. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 93 The common people..borowed money..vpon gage of their bodies to serue it out. 1593 M. Drayton Idea iii. sig. C3 Learned Collin laies his pipe to gage. a1631 R. Cotton Abstr. Rec. Tower (1642) 9 When his owne were at gage, he [etc.]. 1853 C. Merivale Fall Rom. Republic viii. 234 Appealing to his birth, rank, and aristocratic sentiments, in gage of his loyalty. 2. spec. A pledge (usually a glove thrown on the ground) of a person's appearance to do battle in support of his assertions. Hence, a challenge. Also gage of battle. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to > token or pledge of challenge gage13.. wedc1330 glovea1400 pledge1590 pawn1597 society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to appeala1450 provocation1484 challenge1530 defya1586 gagea1592 dare1594 defiance1597 13.. K. Alis. 7236 He with-seith alle homage; And sendeth you, by sonde, gage. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lii. l. 865 Thanne Sire Piers, that was so dowhty A knyht..Aȝens kyng Marahans put his Gage. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxxxi. 123 He accused one of treason, the whiche anone casted his gage of bataylle vnto hym. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccci. 445 Caste downe your gage in that quarell, and ye shall fynde him that shall take it vp. a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. Bii^v I will pawne my honor to his gage, He shall ere night be met and combatted. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne v. lviii. 86 There take my gage, behold I offer it To him that first accus'd him in this cause. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 147 A gauntlet flung down is a gage of knightly battle. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. iii. 72 He was going to throw down a very ugly gage of battle. figurative.1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 315 He was very loath to retreat from any gage of battle thus produced. †3. plural. Scottish. [probably a late adoption of French gages in the same sense.] Wages. on the gages of: in the pay of. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1562 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1790) 5 To haife the said College [of Justice] eiked the noumer of six, and, in the meyn tyme, the gauges to be eiked and augmentit. ?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 16 That na idle person be haldin on the gagis or expensis of the vniuersite. ?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 14 The principal sal deduce sa mekle of hys gagis to be vsit to the common profet of the college. Compounds C1. General attributive. gage-place n. ΚΠ 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vii. 474/1 The Castles of Rockesbrough and Berwicke (cautionarie Castles, or gage places for part of his ransome) should be restored. gage-selling n. ΚΠ a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xxix. sig. Ev^v Marye madame this lady payeth wythout anye gage sellyng [Fr. sans gage vendre]. gage-thrower n. ΚΠ 1893 Westm. Gaz. 20 Dec. 3/1 Here was the opener, the gage thrower in the lists, declaring that he was no party champion. C2. gage-like adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [adjective] > like a pledge gage-like1847 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 103 She..flung defiance down Gagelike to man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gagen.² Brit. /ɡeɪdʒ/, U.S. /ɡeɪdʒ/ Etymology: perhaps < gage n.¹, the sense being ‘enough to pledge any one with’, or variant gauge n. a measure. slang. 1. A quart pot; a quart pot full. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > holding specific amount pint1354 pint pot1383 potteler1386 pottle pot1392 gagec1440 quart stoup1452 thirdendeal1571 pint stoup1638 triental1656 pottle1698 go1788 three-out1836 shant1851 jackshay1867 stein1915 viertel1967 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 186 Gage, lytylle belle (S. lytyll bolle). 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Biiii A gage of bowse whiche is a quarte pot of drinke. 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. F4^v I bowse no Lage, but a whole Gage Of this I'll bowse to you. 1708 Mem. John Hall 10 Gage, a Pot. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Gage, a quart pot, also a pint, (cant). 2. A pipe; a pipeful (of tobacco). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > pipe pipe1588 tobacco-pipe1596 gage1676 gun1708 tube1736 steamer1811 gum-bucket1893 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > pipe > quantity smoked in pipe1588 pipeful1602 gage1676 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Gage, a pot or pipe. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Gage, a Pot or Pipe. Tip me a Gage, give me a Pot or Pipe. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 353 In the mean time tip me a gage of fogus, Jerry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gagen.³ Brit. /ɡeɪdʒ/, U.S. /ɡeɪdʒ/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: greengage n. Etymology: Apparently short for greengage n. = greengage n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > plum > greengage greengage1718 gage1888 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > plum > greengage Reine Claude1691 greengage1718 gage1888 1888 Daily News 10 Sept. 7/1 Plums, with their congeners, damsons and gages, were but little thought of. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gagev. Brit. /ɡeɪdʒ/, U.S. /ɡeɪdʒ/ Forms: Also 1500s gagie, guage, gauge, gayge, 1600s gaige. Etymology: < French gager in same sense, or aphetic form of engage v., to which it corresponds in several senses. †1. a. transitive. To pledge or pawn; to mortgage the revenues of (a country). = engage v. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > bond or recognizance > requiring or giving legal security > legal security [verb (transitive)] > mortgage wadsetc1330 to lay in (also to) mortgagea1393 to set to mortgagea1393 mortgage1469 gage1474 engage1525 immortgage1575 thirl1582 impignoratea1639 hypothecate1693 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. v. 121 They began..to axe and demande of her the besant that they had gyuen to her. And she answerd That hit was holden & gaged vpon an ymage. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 243^v Themperoure..gagied the Malucas and the spicerie to the kynge of Portugale. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 748 Hast thou not plate, and apparell to sell or gage or helpe him to some? 1592 J. Stow Annales 1380. 443 Sir Iohn Philpot..released the armour which the souldiers had gaged for their victuals. absolute.1555 W. Waterman tr. Josephus in tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions sig. X.vij If he that hathe gauged be a manne of substaunce: lette the creditour kepe the gauge vntle the restitucion of the lone be made. †b. To give a pledge for; to undertake to make. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > pledge or undertake to give or do sweara1154 fast?a1160 plightc1275 givec1300 undertake1393 strokea1400 warranta1400 foldc1400 pledge?a1439 affiance1523 pass1528 betroth1573 assume1602 impawna1628 gagea1642 spond1698 guarantee1820 vouch1898 a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iii. 154 Neither would the Court order the Defendant to gage deliverance. †c. to gage battle: to pledge oneself to judicial combat. Cf. French gager bataille. Obsolete. (Cf. wage v.) ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear causes [verb (intransitive)] > pledge oneself to trial by combat to wage battle1569 to gage battle1586 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 77 If one gentleman shall detract from the honor of another..let combate be guaged. 1600 Tate in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 8 Battel personal gaged betwixt the subjects of one kingdom in criminal causes. 1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 22 The defendant shall not gage battel in such appeales. 2. a. To stake, wager; to risk, bet. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > bet (money, etc.) laya1300 wed1362 to lay downc1430 setc1460 jeopardc1470 wage1484 holda1500 pary?a1505 to stake down1565 stake1591 gagec1598 bet?a1600 go1607 wagera1616 abet1617 impone1702 sport1706 stand1795 gamble1813 parlay1828 ante1846 to put on1890 plunge1919 c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. iii. 192 Onlie to gage sa mekill of his awin money as he pleisis upon the hazarde of the rinning of the cairtes. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 90 Against the which a moity competent, Was gaged by our King. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 67 Assailed by the Christians, with such furie, as if they had thereon purposed to gage their whole forces. 1751 B. Holloway Originals Physical & Theol. II. 58 Doing the same as if he staked or gaged his Seventh, i.e. all his Hopes of the Divine Vision. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles ii. vii. 49 And 'gainst an oaken bough I'll gage my silver wand of state. b. figurative. To pledge, offer as a guarantee or forfeit (one's head, life, etc.). (Cf. engage v. 2.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)] > one's life, honour, etc. wagec1430 gagec1547 pawna1566 engage1568 wager1640 parole1664 pledge1775 c1547 Vox Populi xiii, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 412 My hed I hold and gage, There wylbe greate outrage. 1573 Essex in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 32 To all which pointes I gage myne honour and faith. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses (new ed.) i. sig. Kiv^v That thei would paie hym, or els thei would guage their neckes. 1599 Warning for Faire Women i. 279 I will gage my hand, Few women can my mistress force withstand. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 10 The clergie men that had before for his safetie gaged their faith. 1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore v. sig. I2 ^v This feast (Ile gage my life) Is but a plot to trayne you to your ruine. 1876 G. W. Cox Gen. Hist. Greece iv. i. 510 A guide sent to them by the headman of this place gaged his life as a forfeit if he failed. †3. To bind as by a formal promise. Obsolete. (Cf. engage v. 4.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > bind by a promise conjurec1290 to speak for ——a1300 avow1303 adjurea1425 surec1460 arrest1489 gage1489 insure1530 pledge1571 fiance1592 objure1609 sacrament1621 attest1685 1489 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) p. xcviii You have ministered unto us cause, as gaged to remember you in time to come. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. i. 38 Here is a letter from Queene Hecuba; A token from her daughter..Both taxing me, and gaging me to keepe: An oth that I haue sworne. View more context for this quotation 4. intransitive for reflexive. To assert on one's own responsibility that. (Cf. engage v. 6.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (intransitive)] protesta1486 assertionate1593 aver1599 contest1607 asseverate1807 gage1811 predicate1828 pose1840 to take one's dick1861 to stick up1876 1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 19 I gage, though long our way, and drear, We reach our nuptial bed to day. 1865 J. Ballantine Poems 24 The other wore the crown of age, But a brighter one she found, I gage. †5. transitive. To fix or fasten in or upon. Obsolete. (Cf. engage v. 11b.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > make fast [verb (transitive)] > fasten or fix > in something infesta1340 gage1680 1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xiv. 239 This Neck is..gaged in the Shackle. 1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xi. 201 The further or open side of the Male-screw is gaged in, or pin'd on the Female-screw with a Wooden Pin thrust through two opposite Holes. †6. To bind or entangle in. Cf. engage v. 13. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [verb (intransitive)] > become entangled gage1600 foul1835 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. i. 130 The great debts wherein my time something too prodigall Hath left me gagd . View more context for this quotation Derivatives gaged adj. ΚΠ 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xii. lxxvii. 314 Elenor..did tell The Circumstances of her Ring..And shewes the gaged Tablet. ˈgaging n. in senses of the verb. ΚΠ 1555 R. Eden Of Pole Antartike in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 244 The gageing of the Ilands of Malucas. 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 153 Gaging of single battaile. 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