Noah Webster
Gauge
GAUGE, verb transitive gage.
1. To measure or to ascertain the contents of a cask or vessel, as a pipe, puncheon, hogshead, barrel, tierce or keg.
2. To measure in respect to proportion.
The vanes nicely gauged on each side--
GAUGE, noun gage. A measure; a standard of measure.
1. Measure; dimensions.