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A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
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An act of measuring.
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An estimate.
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Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
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A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
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The distance between the rails of a railway.
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A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
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The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
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Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
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A vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.
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The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
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(plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
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That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
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A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.
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(by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
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A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.