Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GAGE, v.t.

1. To pledge; to pawn; to give or deposit as a pledge or security for some other act; to wage or wager. [Obs.] – Shak.
2. To bind by pledge, caution or security; to engage. – Shak.
3. To measure; to take or ascertain the contents of a vessel, cask or ship; written also gauge.