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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.
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Budge \Budge\, a.
1. Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. "Budge gowns."
--Milton.
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2. Austere or stiff, like scholastics.
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Those budge doctors of the stoic fur. --Milton.
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{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.
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Budge \Budge\ (b[u^]j), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Budged} (b[u^]jd);
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.
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I'll not budge an inch, boy. --Shak.
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The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge
From rascals worse than they. --Shak.
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Budge \Budge\, a. [See {Budge}, v.]
Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.] --South.
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