单词 | gauging |
释义 | gaugingn. 1. a. The action of gauge v.1 in various senses; esp. the action or method of determining by actual measurement the capacity of a vessel or the amount contained in it. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > measurement of capacity of a vessel gaugingc1440 gaugery1608 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 189/1 Gawgynge of depenesse, dimencionatus. 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiijv Of Wine..or Ale vessells, &c, the Measuring, commonly..is called Gaging. 1661 A. Marvell Let. 18 May in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 25 Your Patent for the gaging of wines. 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 65 For the Figure of the Tool in that way is presently vitiated by the working of the Glass, and without much gaging will not do any thing considerable. 1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) II. 127 A moving Consideration to an Officer to take Care of oppressing the Subject with Over~charges in Gaging. 1867 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 3 ii. 476 Numerous gaugings and samplings of the sewage..have been undertaken. b. The gauged part (of a thing). rare. (Cf. gauge v.1 5.) ΚΠ 1725 W. Halfpenny Art of Sound Building 56 The two Gaugings of the Bow A are let into two level Pieces on each side the Puppet-head. 2. Coal Mining. (See quot. 1883.) ΚΠ 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Gaging, a small embankment or heap of slack or rubbish, made at the entrance to a heading, &c., as a means of fencing it off. 3. Needlework. (See quot. 1882.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn > stitch > running stitch > series of gauging1882 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 220/1 Gauging or Gaging. A term applied to a series of close parallel runnings, which are all drawn up so as to make the material between them set full by gatherings. 1893 G. Hill Hist. Eng. Dress II. 248 Sleeves made with several small puffs and gaugings. 1896 Daily News 6 June 8/4 The blouse is pink silk muslin, with a few gaugings across the chest to keep the folds in order. Compounds attributive and in other combinations: gauging-line n. a graduated line for gauging casks, drawn on a gauging-rod or slide rule. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring volume > gauging rod or line gauge1530 gauging-rod1570 gauging-line1656 gauging-ruler1656 gauging-rule1807 1656 H. Phillippes Purchasers Pattern (1676) 171 How to make this Gauging-line, and to set it upon a Gauging-Rod. gauging-rod n. an exciseman's instrument on the principle of the slide rule for measuring the capacity or contents of a cask or other vessel. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring volume > gauging rod or line gauge1530 gauging-rod1570 gauging-line1656 gauging-ruler1656 gauging-rule1807 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. Aiijv By due applying of..Gaging rod, (or such like instrument) to the Length, Plaine, or Solide measured, to be certified, either of the length, perimetry, or distance lineall. 1635 C. Cavendish Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 22 I thank you..for the way of calculating the divisions of your guaging rod. 1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee x, in Tales Fashionable Life VI. 162 And the gauging rod even! who fears it? gauging-rule n. = gauging-rod n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring volume > gauging rod or line gauge1530 gauging-rod1570 gauging-line1656 gauging-ruler1656 gauging-rule1807 1807 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) II. 82 On it are marked..the wine and ale gage points, to make this instrument serve the purpose of a gaging rule. gauging-ruler n. = gauging-rule n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring volume > gauging rod or line gauge1530 gauging-rod1570 gauging-line1656 gauging-ruler1656 gauging-rule1807 1656 H. Phillippes Purchasers Pattern (1676) 162 These Gauging Rulers are made by Mr. Hayes. gauging-stick n. = gauging-ruler n. ΚΠ 1789 J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. viii. 405 Mathematical rulers and excisemen's gauging sticks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.c1440 |
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