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Budge

Bŭdge, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. BUDGED; p. pr. & vb. n. BUDGING.] [Fr. bouger, to stir, move, Pr. bojar, bolegar, boleguer, to stir, move, It. bulicare, to boil, bubble; from bulire, bollire, to boil, bubble up.] To move off; to stir; to wag.

The mouse ne’er shunned the cat as they did budge From rascals worse than they. Shak.

Bŭdge, n.

noun

n. [O. Eng. budge, bag, sack, lamb-skin; O. Fr. boge, bouge, leather sac; It. bulgia, from Lat. bulga, a leathern bag or knapsack, a Gallic word; Ir. & Gael. bolc, bolg, *balg.] Lamb-skin fur, used formerly as an edging and ornament, especially of scholastic habits.

Bŭdge, a.

adjective

a. [From budge, n.]

Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. “Budge gowns.” Milton.
Auster[e] or stiff, like scholastics. O foolishness of men! that lend their ears / To those budge doctors of the stoic fur. Milton.
[From budge, to move or stir.] Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.] South.