Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gage \Gage\, n.
   A measure or standard. See {Gauge}, n.

Gage \Gage\, v. t.
   To measure. See {Gauge}, v. t.

         You shall not gage me By what we do to-night. --Shak.

Gage \Gage\, n. [F. gage, LL. gadium, wadium; of German origin;
   cf. Goth. wadi, OHG. wetti, weti, akin to E. wed. See {Wed},
   and cf. {Wage}, n.]
   1. A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a
      security for the performance of some act by the person
      depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security.

            Nor without gages to the needy lend.  --Sandys.

   2. A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a
      challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of
      the challenge; a challenge; a defiance. ``There I throw my
      gage.'' --Shak.

Gage \Gage\, n. [So called because an English family named Gage
   imported the greengage from France, in the last century.]
   A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage,
   frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness
   to the greengage. See {Greengage}.

Gage \Gage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gaged}; p. pr & vb. n.
   {Gaging}.] [Cf. F. gager. See {Gage}, n., a pledge.]
   1. To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act;
      to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge. [Obs.]

            A moiety competent Was gaged by our king. --Shak.

   2. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.

            Great debts Wherein my time, sometimes too prodigal,
            Hath left me gaged.                   --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

gage
     n 1: street names for marijuana [syn: {pot}, {grass}, {green
          goddess}, {dope}, {weed}, {sess}, {sens}, {smoke}, {skunk},
           {locoweed}, {Mary Jane}]
     2: a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a
        quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of
        rain etc. [syn: {gauge}]
     v : place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting
         on the new horse" [syn: {bet on}, {back}, {stake}, {game},
          {punt}]