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Slid′ing-gage.

An instrument used by mathematical-instrument makers for measuring and setting off distances.

The gages used by carpenters and artificers generally are on the sliding principle, though some instruments to which the term “gage” is applied turn on a joint, and others are rigid and immovable in their parts.

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