badderlocks

[Etymology doubtful.] One of the names given to a sea-weed, Alaria esculent a. [ALARIA.] ( Scotch.) † băd'-dordą, s. [Corrupted from bad words . ] IMG:content-0992.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Place of residence, abode. ( Gl . Sibb .) ( Jamie son .) bădge, * băġġe, * băģe ( Eng . ), bắď'-ġie, bâu'-gie ( Scotch ), s. [In the Anglo-Saxon beag is a crown, and be ah = a bracelet, a neck-ring, a lace, garland, or crown; Dut. bag = a pendant, an ear-drop, a ring; Fr. bague = a ring; Lat. bacca =. the link of a chain. Skinner, Minsheu, Mahn, ., connect badge with these words. Mahn admits the affinity of badge to the A.S. beag and be ah , and adds as cognate words, Fries. beage = bandage; Low Lat. bauga , bauca , bog a = bracelet, and bagia , bagea = sign. Webster ventures on no hypothesis; Johnson believes it to be from Lat. bajulo to carry a heavy burden; and Wedgwood, with some misgiving, makes it one of a group with botch and patch .] [BADGE, v.] (See example.) A. Ordinary Language: L Lit .: A mark or cognizance worn on the dre to show the relation of the wearer to any person or thing. [B., Her .] "Yet now I spy, by yonder stone, Five men-they mark us, and come on; And by their badge on bonnet borne, I gue them of the land of Lorn." Scott : Lord of the Isles, iii. 18. "He wore the garter, a badge of honour which has very seldom been conferred on aliens who were not. sovereign princes."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. xii. II. Figuratively : 1. That by which any person, or any cla or rank of men, is conspicuously and characteristically marked out. "Furthermore, he made two changes with respect to the chief badge of the consular power."-Lewis: Early Rom. Hist ., ch. xii, pt. 1, § 4. "The outward splendour of his office is the badge and token of that sacred character which he inwardly bears."-Atterbury. "To clear this spot by death, at least I give A badge of fame to slander's livery. Rape of Lucrece, 1053, 4. "Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge ." Shakesp.: Titus Andron, L. 2. B. Her.: A cognizance. [COGNIZANCE.] A mark of distinction somewhat similar to a crest, but not placed on a wreath, nor worn upon the helmet. Princes, noblemen, and other gentlemen of rank had formerly, and still retain, distinctive badges. Thus, the broom plant ( Planta genista) was the badge of the royal house of Plantage net, a red rose that of the line of Lancaster, and a white one that of the line of York. The four kingdoms, or old nationalities, the union of which constitutes the home portion of the British empire, and the nucleus of the rest, have each a distinct royal badge. These were formally settled by sign-manual in 1801, and are the following:-For England : A white rose within a red one, barbed, seeded, slipped, leaved proper, and ensigned with the imperial crown. For Scotland : A thistle, slipped and leaved proper, and ensigned with the imperial crown. For Ireland: A harp or, stringed argent, and a trefoil vert, both ensigned with the imperial crown. For Wales: Upon a mount vert, a dragon pa ant, with wings expanded and endorsed, gules. (Glo . of Heraldry .) Formerly those who po e ed badges had them em, broidered on the sleeves of their servants and retainers [RETAINERS], and even yet the practice is not extinct.