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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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