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Bouge

Bouge, v. i.

verbintransitive

(bōōj), v. i. [A different spelling of bulge, which see. Cf. Bowge.] To swell out; to bilge. [Obs.] “Their ship bouged.” Hakluyt.

Bouge, n.

noun

n. [In O. Eng. spelt also boudge and bouche, from Fr. bouche, mouth, victuals, living, eating.] An allowance of meat and drink for the tables of inferior officers and servants in a palace, or at court; food and drink; provisions. [Obs.]

They . . . made room for a bombard-man that brought bouge for a country lady or two, that fainted, he said, with fasting. B. Jonson.