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Budge
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To move off; to stir; to walk away. I'll not budge an inch, boy. Shak. The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge From rascals worse than they. Shak.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.] South.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. "Budge gowns." Milton.
2. Austere or stiff, like scholastics. Those budge doctors of the stoic fur. Milton. Budge bachelor, one of a company of men clothed in long gowns lined with budge, who formerly accompanied the lord mayor of London in his inaugural procession. -- Budge barrel (Mil.), a small copper-hooped barrel with only one head, the other end being closed by a piece of leather, which is drawn together with strings like a purse. It is used for carrying powder from the magazine to the battery, in siege or seacoast service.