1690. B. E., New Dict. of the Cant. Crew. Gage, c. A pot or pipe. Tip me a gage, c. give me a pot, or pipe.
1714. Memoirs of John Hall (4th ed.), p. 12. Gage, a pot.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue. Gage, a quart pot, also a pint (cant).
1821. Haggart, Life, p. 40. We drank our gauge and parted good friends.
2. (18th century).—A chamber-pot.
3. (old).—A pipe.
1690. B. E., New Dict. of the Cant. Crew (See quot. 1690 under sense 1).
1796. Grose, Vulg. Tongue (3rd Ed.), s.v.
1834. H. Ainsworth, Rookwood, Bk. III., ch. v. In the mean time, tip me a gage of fogus, Jerry.
4. (American).—A man. For synonyms, see Cove.