Gage
Gage (gāj) , noun
[French gage, Late Latin gadium, wadium; of German origin; compare Gothic wadi, Old High German wetti, weti, akin to English wed. See Wed, and compare Wage, n.]
1.
A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security.
Nor without gages to the needy lend.
2.
A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance.
There I throw my gage.
Gage (gāj) , noun
[So called because an English family named Gage imported the greengage from France, in the last century.]
A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage. See Greengage.
Gage (gājd) , transitive verb
[Compare French gager. See Gage, n., a pledge.]
1.
To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge. [Obsolete]
A moiety competent
Was gaged by our king.
2.
To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
Great debts
Wherein my time, sometimes too prodigal,
Hath left me gaged.
Gage , noun
A measure or standard. See Gauge, n.
Gage , transitive verb
To measure. See Gauge, transitive verb
You shall not gage me
By what we do to-night.