What is any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge called?
gauge — (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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