1 gen 1687 anni - gage
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A variant spelling of ‘gauge’, used as a measure for stone roofing slates. 1685 <i>hath sould Twenty gaiges of Sleat unto me … for Two pounds and Ten shillings</i>, Conistone (RW32); 1687 <i>27 gage of slate … £9</i>, Kettlewell (QS1/26). Halliwell says ‘one yard square, about a ton in weight’ but Leach considered these to be incompatible (RWxxii).
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