Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COUN'TER-GAGE
COUN'TER-GAGE, n. [counter and gage.]
In carpentry, a method used to measure the joints, by transferring the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be, in order to make them fit each other. – Chambers.
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