gauging

To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.

To estimate.

To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.

To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.

To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.

To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

Measurement or estimation, with or as if with a gauge.

“periodic gaugings of the water level”

The addition of various materials to lime mortar.

A shirring.