Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any device for indicating the height of water in a reservoir, tank, boiler, or other vessel.
- noun A wall or bank to restrain or hold back water.
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Examples
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Callahan's tank has been bone dry for twenty minutes, and he is watching the glass water-gage where the water shows now only when the engine lurches heavily to the left.
The Grafters Francis Lynde 1893
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