Word Meanings - GAUGER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks.

WHOSESOEVER
The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
ASCERTAINMENT
The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke.
BUSINESS
The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal. 7. Care; anxiety; diligence. Chaucer. To do one's business, to ruin one. Wycherley. -- To make one's
ASCERTAINABLE
That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv.
BUSINESSLIKE
In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods.
WHOSE
The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which. Whose daughter art thou tell me, I pray thee. Gen. xxiv. 23. The question whose solution I require. Dryden.
OFFICER
Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
ASCERTAINER
One who ascertains.
CONTENTS
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ASCERTAIN
1. To render certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise. When the blessed Virgin was so ascertained. Jer. Taylor. Muncer assured them that the design was approved of by Heaven, and that the Almighty had in a dream
SUBOFFICER
An under or subordinate officer.
UNDEROFFICER
A subordinate officer.