Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).

(obsolete) Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.

(US) Alternative spelling of gauge (“a measure, instrument for measuring, etc.”)

A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.

(slang, dated) Marijuana

(archaic, UK, slang) A pint pot.

(archaic, UK, slang, metonymically) A drink.

(archaic, UK, slang) A chamberpot.

(archaic, UK, slang) A small quantity of anything.

(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A quart pot.

To bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage.

(archaic) To bet or wager (something).

(obsolete) To deposit or give (something) as a pledge or security; to pawn.

(US) Alternative spelling of gauge (“to measure”)