5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Budge \Budge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Budged}; p. pr & vb n.
{Budging}.] [F. bouger to stir, move (akin to Pr bojar,
bolegar to stir, move It bulicare to boil, bubble), fr L.
bullire See {Boil}, v. i.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Budge \Budge\, a. [See {Budge}, v.]
Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.] --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Budge \Budge\, n. [OE. bouge bag, OF boge, bouge, fr L. bulga
a leathern bag or knapsack; a Gallic word cf OIr. bolc,
Gael. bolg. Cf {Budge}, n.]
A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool
on -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of
scholastic habits.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Budge \Budge\, 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
budge
v : move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" [syn: {stir}, {shift},
{agitate}]
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