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单词 gauger
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gaugern.

Brit. /ˈɡeɪdʒə/, U.S. /ˈɡeɪdʒər/
Forms: 1500s gagier, gaugeo(u)r, 1600s gawger, gawgeo(u)r, gaudger, gajor, 1500s–1700s gager, 1800s guager, Middle English– gauger.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman gaugeour, agent-noun < gauger gauge v.1
1. One who gauges, in senses of the verb; esp. in sense 3, an exciseman.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > fixing amount of tax > one who assesses
taxer1377
taxator1424
gauger1483
sessor1496
cessor1565
modifier1570
stentor1574
layer1602
mise-layer1604
assessor1611
stentmaster1624
list-maker1666
lay-layer1669
lister1682
1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 13 All the Vessels of Wine..shall..be well and truly gauged by the King's Gauger.
1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII c. 7 Euery gaugeour within this realme shall truely and effectually..gauge all the said..barrels.
1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. N.iiii How they do dyffer dayely from theyr iust measure: the gagers [1582 Gagiers] can tell you better then I.
1608 R. Norton tr. S. Stevin Disme: Art of Tenths sig. Biijv To Land-Meaters, Gaudgers, Stereo~meters in generall.
1668 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1888) VI. Gajor to His Majesty for the duty of Excise.
1702 London Gaz. No. 3790/5 Every Bushel of Malt, so conveyed from the Sight and View of the Gaugers.
1789 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 490 But what d'ye think, my trusty Fier, I'm turn'd a Gauger.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. iv. 73 It's e'en because your English gaugers and supervisors..have ta'en up the trade of thievery over the heads of the native professors.
1887 R. L. Stevenson Underwoods i. ii The gauger walked with willing foot And aye the gauger played the flute.
figurative.1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. vi. iv. 235 Entertained my jovial guager of monks' bellies with the best cheer I had.1874 J. G. Whittier Human Sacrifice v Calm gauger of the swelling tide Of mortal agony and fear.
2. One who sells liquor. Obsolete. rare.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of liquor
wine-tavernerc950
vinter1297
wine-drawer1415
vintnerc1430
vintenerc1450
ale-taker1454
merchant vintner1532
winer1532
ale-man1600
gaugerc1610
brandy-man1723
purl-man1797
haberdasher1821
gin-shopper1831
liquor-seller1855
diddle-cove1858
curate1882
off-licensee1892
c1610 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. 14 That no Tipler or Gauger sell by other measure than by gallon, pottel [etc.].
3. A gauging instrument, a measure.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun]
metc1175
instrumentc1392
gauger1588
jadge1617
mensurator1645
dimensurator1675
measurer1690
1588 G. Babington Profitable Expos. Lords Prayer vi. 412 As with a gager he gageth them by those blessings.
1639 J. Woodall Viaticum (new ed.) in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 314 This Instrument, the Trafine..needeth no rule or gager.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Gauger..an instrument used by leather cutters.

Derivatives

ˈgaugership n. the office of a gauger.
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1881 Nation (N.Y.) 33 1 Because he does not satisfy them with collectorships, gaugerships, and consulates.
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