gage.
To bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage.
Meaning & usage
To bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage.
To bet or wager (something).
To deposit or give (something) as a pledge or security; to pawn.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English gage, from later Old French or early Middle French gager (verb), (also guagier in Old French) gage (noun), ultimately from Frankish *waddi, from Proto-Germanic *wadją (whence English wed). Doublet of wage, from the same origin through the Old Northern French variant wage. See also mortgage.
Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English gage, from later Old French or early Middle French gager (verb), (also guagier in Old French) gage (noun), ultimately from Frankish *waddi, from Proto-Germanic *wadją (whence English wed). Doublet of wage, from the same origin through the Old Northern French variant wage. See also mortgage.
A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from greengage.
Marijuana
A pint pot.
A drink.
A tobacco pipe.
A chamber pot.
A small quantity of anything.
A quart pot.
Alternative spelling of gauge.
Where this word comes from
See gauge.
Alternative spelling of gauge.
Where this word comes from
See gauge.
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