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Meanings of gage in English
Fruit tree belonging to the genus Prunus of the Rosaceae family, cultivated for its fruits, plums.
Usage of gage in English
1
We now throw down the gage to the capital of the world.
2
In my heart, as I listened, I have taken up your gage.
3
I tell thee it is but the present gage of further payment.
4
Erik agreed to the contest, and the gage was deposited with Gunwar.
5
The cars were hauled over tracks having a gage of 18 ins.
6
Having thus given them the weather-gage, the brig hove to for them.
7
Suddenly he looked up and glanced at a gage on the wall.
8
The gage is set for a thousand feet instead of two hundred.
9
Tom glanced at a gage on the side of the pilot tower.
10
I took it as Lucia's gage, and set it in my coat.
11
Thus, if he threw down the gage publicly he might be defeated.
12
He went to the gage that indicated the vertical position of the ship.
13
The gage marked one, two and then three miles an hour.
14
I flung my gauntlet of buffalo-hide at his feet in gage of battle.
15
Beatrix de Beaumont bestows nor gage nor favor until she plight her troth.
16
Forward he bent, staring with widened eyes at the tube of the fuel-gage.
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