Gager

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  • noun. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who gages; specifically, an officer whose business is to ascertain the contents of casks and other hollow vessels.
  • noun. An exciseman.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A measurer. See gauger.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A measurer.
  • Word Usage
    "I know of some immortal poems that were written by a druggist's clerk, and some by a gager of liquid barrels, but none by a cable-car conductor."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hagar  agar  jager  rager  sager  
    variant
    gauger