A policeman spots a woman driving and knitting at the same time. Driving up beside her, he shouts out the window...
"Pull over!"
"No," she shouts back, "a pair of socks!"
- symbol of a challenge to fight, esp. A glove thrown down. [germanic: related to *wed, *wage]
- (brit. Gauge: see also sense 6) —n. - standard measure, esp. Of the capacity or contents of a barrel, fineness of a textile, diameter of a bullet, or thickness of sheet metal.
- instrument for measuring pressure, width, length, thickness, etc.
- distance between rails or opposite wheels.
- capacity, extent.
- criterion, test.
- (usu. Gage) naut. Position relative to the wind. —v. (-ging) 1 measure exactly.
- measure the capacity or content of.
- estimate (a person, situation, etc.). [french]
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