gage sb.
1.
pawn, pledge, security; in phr.
“lay to ,” to put in pawn
Lucr. 1351.
2.
pledge (usu. a glove
thrown on the ground) of a person's appearance to do
battle in support of his assertions, challenge R2 I. i. 69, &c.,
IV. i. 34
“my . . . in to
thine,”
86 “rest under gage,”
105
