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r ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler. -- Gauge concussion (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel flange striking the edge of the rail. -- Gauge glass, a glass tube for a water gauge. -- Gauge lathe, an automatic lathe for turning a round object having an irregular profile, as a baluster…

A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad. [Eng.]

A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.

they really are. The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley. W. Black.

The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.

One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs.

; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York. His amorous expressions go no further than virtue may allow. Dryden.

A long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads. [U. S.]

In a railroad or highway:

arth, esp. one with a plow blade suspended from the center, used specifically for grading roads.

Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad.

he act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired level or grade.

, to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels. -- Graduated spring (Railroads), a combination of metallic and rubber springs.

A broad, open dish; a chalice; -- only used of the Holy Grail.

hood in the Order of the Bath. (b) A knight grand cross. -- Grand cordon, the cordon or broad ribbon, identified with the highest grade in certain honorary orders; hence, a person who holds that grade. -- Grand days (Eng. Law), certain days in the terms which are observed as holidays in the inns of court and chancery…

Stocks or shares of the granger railroads.

iron used for grappling and holding fast a vessel or other object. -- Grappling tongs, broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters.

Overgrown with grass; as, a grass-grown road.

A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber. It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish. And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling. Tennyson.

Broadway, in New York City, in the neighborhood chiefly occupied by theaters, as from about 30th Street about 50th Street; -- so called from its brilliant illumination at night.