Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Water gage \Wa"ter gage`\
See {Water gauge}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Water gauge \Wa"ter gauge`\ [Written also {water gage}.]
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1. A wall or bank to hold water back. --Craig.
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2. An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the depth or
quantity of water, or for indicating the height of its
surface, as in the boiler of a steam engine. See {Gauge}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
water gage
n 1: gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or
boiler or reservoir [syn: {water gauge}, {water gage},
{water glass}]