gauge

A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard

1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt

The record of philosophy vis-à-vis silence is generally dismal, as good a gauge as any to its overall failure.

An act of measuring.

An estimate.

Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things

A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.

To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.

To estimate.

To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.

You shall not gauge me / By what we do to-night.

To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.

To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.

A male given name.