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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gauge \Gauge\, n. [Written also gage.] 1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard. [1913 Webster] This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and groove to equal breadth by. --Moxon. [1913 Webster] There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Measure; dimensions; estimate. [1913 Webster] The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge. [1913 Webster] 4. (Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge. [1913 Webster] 5. (Naut.) (a) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, 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. (b) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. --Totten. [1913 Webster] 6. The distance between the rails of a railway. [1913 Webster] Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad, gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England, seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six inches. [1913 Webster] 7. (Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting. [1913 Webster] 8. (Building) 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. [1913 Webster] {Gauge of a carriage}, {car}, etc., the distance between the wheels; -- ordinarily called the {track}. {Gauge cock}, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler. {Gauge concussion} (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel flange striking the edge of the rail. {Gauge glass}, a glass tube for a water gauge. {Gauge lathe}, an automatic lathe for turning a round object having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round, to a templet or gauge. {Gauge point}, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc. {Gauge rod}, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of barrels, casks, etc. {Gauge saw}, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of cut. --Knight. {Gauge stuff}, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet. {Gauge wheel}, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow. {Joiner's gauge}, an instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board, etc. {Printer's gauge}, an instrument to regulate the length of the page. {Rain gauge}, an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place. {Salt gauge}, or {Brine gauge}, an instrument or contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers. {Sea gauge}, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea. {Siphon gauge}, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air pump or other vacuum; a manometer. {Sliding gauge}. (Mach.) (a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use, as screws, railway-car axles, etc. (b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges, and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the working gauges. (c) (Railroads) See Note under {Gauge}, n., 5. {Star gauge} (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its length. {Steam gauge}, an instrument for measuring the pressure of steam, as in a boiler. {Tide gauge}, an instrument for determining the height of the tides. {Vacuum gauge}, a species of barometer for determining the relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a steam engine and the air. {Water gauge}. (a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or glass. (b) The height of the water in the boiler. {Wind gauge}, an instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface; an anemometer. {Wire gauge}, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size. See under {Wire}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Track \Track\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tracked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {tracking}.] To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow. [1913 Webster] It was often found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats among the hills and morasses. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Track \Track\, n. [OF. trac track of horses, mules, trace of animals; of Teutonic origin; cf.D. trek a drawing, trekken to draw, travel, march, MHG. trechen, pret. trach. Cf. {Trick}.] 1. A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel. [1913 Webster] The bright track of his fiery car. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint. [1913 Webster] Far from track of men. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) The entire lower surface of the foot; -- said of birds, etc. [1913 Webster] 4. A road; a beaten path. [1913 Webster] Behold Torquatus the same track pursue. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 5. Course; way; as, the track of a comet. [1913 Webster] 6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc. [1913 Webster] 7. (Railroad) The permanent way; the rails. [1913 Webster] 8. [Perhaps a mistake for tract.] A tract or area, as of land. [Obs.] "Small tracks of ground." --Fuller. [1913 Webster] {Track scale}, a railway scale. See under {Railway}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: track n 1: a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river" [syn: {path}, {track}, {course}] 2: evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator" [syn: {lead}, {track}, {trail}] 3: a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels 4: a course over which races are run [syn: {racetrack}, {racecourse}, {raceway}, {track}] 5: a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc; "he played the first cut on the cd"; "the title track of the album" [syn: {cut}, {track}] 6: an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground [syn: {track}, {caterpillar track}, {caterpillar tread}] 7: (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data [syn: {track}, {data track}] 8: a groove on a phonograph recording 9: a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll [syn: {track}, {rail}, {rails}, {runway}] 10: any road or path affording passage especially a rough one [syn: {track}, {cart track}, {cartroad}] 11: the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track [syn: {track}, {running}] v 1: carry on the feet and deposit; "track mud into the house" 2: observe or plot the moving path of something; "track a missile" 3: go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" [syn: {chase}, {chase after}, {trail}, {tail}, {tag}, {give chase}, {dog}, {go after}, {track}] 4: travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" [syn: {traverse}, {track}, {cover}, {cross}, {pass over}, {get over}, {get across}, {cut through}, {cut across}] 5: make tracks upon