GAGE

gage

Noun

  1. Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
  2. Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A subspecies of plum, .

Verb

  1. To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn.
  2. To wager, to bet.
  3. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To measure.


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