16-gauge

[ siks-teen-geyj ]

/ ˈsɪks tinˈgeɪdʒ /

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of, relating to, or being a size of shotgun shell having a diameter of 0.662 inch (1.68 centimeters).

of, relating to, or being a shotgun using such a shell.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

Shortly after the base fell militants started tweeting photographs of MANPADS, both the Russian-made SA-16 and SA-18.
Did ISIS Shoot Down a Fighter Jet?|Jamie Dettmer, Christopher Dickey|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It took the entire day, but the slow pace indicated that it was probably a test to gauge public reaction.
The Monuments Men of Occupy Hong Kong|Brendon Hong|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So, he approached his nomadic friends to gauge their interest in the collaboration.
London’s Pagan Counterculture Kings|Justin Jones|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The daughter of physicists, Sorokko grew up in Arzamas-16, home of the first Soviet A-bomb, a “closed city.”
Tatiana Sorokko Is the Queen of Vintage Couture|Anthony Haden-Guest|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

To gauge his level of truthfulness, I asked, “So, you wouldn't mind if I included your donor identification number in the story?”
Today’s Sperm Donor Isn’t a Broke 20-Something|Stephanie Fairyington|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The gauge of railways in Great Britain was not fixed upon any scientific principle.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Trevithick determined in future to use two safety-valves, and also a safety steam-gauge.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
The Commonwealth has for some time been considering the conversion of the lines into one standard gauge, the British gauge of 4ft.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
The leaf is held in one hand and the gauge and knife in the other, the edge of the leaf being drawn through the gauge.
Philippine Mats|Hugo H. Miller
For this purpose there is used in most localities a small gauge held between the thumb and index fingers.
Philippine Mats|Hugo H. Miller