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
Bet (letter) The name "bet" is derived from the West Semitic word for "house", and the shape of the letter derives from a Proto-Sinaitic glyph that may have been based on the Egyptian hieroglyph "Pr" O1 which depicts a house. The Arabic letter is named "" (). It is written in several ways depending on its position in the word: The letter normally renders sound, except in some names and loanwords where it can also render , often arabized as , as in (Persil). For , it may be used interchangeably with the Persian letter - "pe" (with 3 dots) in this