"gauge" meaning in Middle English

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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Northern French gauge, from Frankish *galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô. Doublet of galwes.",
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
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        "A customary measurement or scale."
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          "customary",
          "customary"
        ],
        [
          "measurement",
          "measurement"
        ],
        [
          "scale",
          "scale"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "gaugen"
        },
        {
          "word": "gauger"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gage"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡau̯d͡ʒ(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡaːd͡ʒ(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gauge"
}

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    },
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "3": "*galgô"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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      },
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      "name": "doublet"
    }
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        "2": "noun"
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "gaugen"
    },
    {
      "word": "gauger"
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        "Middle English terms derived from Old Northern French",
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          "measurement",
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        ],
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          "scale",
          "scale"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡau̯d͡ʒ(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡaːd͡ʒ(ə)/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "gage"
    }
  ],
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}