gage

noun10

1. •
   Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).

   • "I'm nothing of the sort," exclaimed the MacQuibble, hurling down the gage of battle at once. — 1913
2. •
   A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.
3. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) Marijuana

   • Of course, I take a bang or some mud in coffee now and then, and I pick up on gage right smart. — 1951
4. •
   (no longer used) Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
5. •
   (slang, no longer used) A drink.
6. •
   (slang, no longer used) A small quantity of anything.

   • GAGE, a small quantity of anything; as “a gage of tobacco,” meaning a. pipeful; “a gage of gin,” a glassful. — 1864
7. •
   (slang, no longer used) A pint pot.
8. •
   (UK, no longer used) A quart pot.

   • I bowse no lage, but a whole gage / Of this I'll bowse to you. — 1641
9. •
   (slang, no longer used) A tobacco pipe.
10. •
    (slang, no longer used) A chamber pot.

verb3

1. •
   To bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage.

   • Great debts / Wherein my time, sometimes too prodigal, / Hath left me gaged. — 1596
2. •
   (no longer used) To bet or wager (something).

   • O doe not goe, this feast (I'le gage my life) / Is but a plot to trayne you to your ruine, / Be rul'd, you sha'not goe. — 1626
3. •
   (no longer used) To deposit or give (something) as a pledge or security; to pawn.

   • A moiety competent / Was gaged by our king. — 1599

noun1

1. •
   Initialism of Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees.