Weather gage be the boat without the weather gage, especially just before the start or when the boat to leeward can point higher into the wind. "Gauge" and "gage" are often used as alternative spellings. To the extent that there is a difference, a "weather gauge" can be a form of meteorological instrumentation for measuring weather quantitatively, such as a rain gauge, thermometer, anemometer, or barometer. A "gage" is a challenge, and hence an entry into battle, though the word is more commonly embedded in the word "engage". Weather gage The weather gage (sometimes spelled weather gauge) is the advantageous position of
Marijuana (word) an unlikely source. Other suggestions trace the possible origins of the word to Chinese "ma ren hua" ('hemp seed flower'), possibly itself originating as a loan from an earlier semitic root "*mrj" "hemp". The Semitic root is also found in the Spanish word "mejorana" and in English marjoram ('oregano'), which could be related to the word "marihuana". This is also known in Mexico as "Chinese oregano". Additionally, traditional association with the personal name María Juana ('Mary Jane') is probably a folk etymology. The original Mexican Spanish used forms with the letter ("marihuana"), and is famously used in the Mexican Revolutionary