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Gage

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.

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Anemometer 76% connected

An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.

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Pluviometer 76% connected

An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge.

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Udometer 76% connected

A rain gauge.

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Water gage 76% connected

See Water gauge.

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Water gauge 76% connected

A wall or bank to hold water back.

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Water glass 76% connected

See Soluble glass, under Glass.

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Manner of action 1

Ante 76% connected

Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins.

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Broader term 5

Bet 76% connected

That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cannabis 76% connected

A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceae; hemp.

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Ganja 76% connected

The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating.

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Wager 76% connected

Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.

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Gauge 74% connected

To measure or determine with a gauge.

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Gauge 74% connected

To measure or determine with a gauge.

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Synonym 12

Back 92% connected

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Game 92% connected

Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gauge 92% connected

To measure or determine with a gauge.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grass 92% connected

Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pot 92% connected

A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Punt 92% connected

To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sens 92% connected

Since.

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Sess 92% connected

To lay a tax upon; to assess.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Skunk 92% connected

Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an…

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Smoke 92% connected

The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stake 92% connected

A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support…

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Weed 92% connected

A garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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