budge2 (buj)

and a. [Early mod. E. bouge (see bougel ), When, let him but in judgements sight uncase, He's naught but budge, old gards, browne fox-fur face. Marston, Scourge of Villanie, Sat. vii. 3. Same as budge - barrel. ed with budge (see I., 2): as, “ budge gowns," II. a. [ The solemn fop, significant and budge ; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge. Cowper, Conversation, 1. 299. Budge bachelorst, a company of poor old men clothed in long gowns lined with lamb's wool, who formerly accompanied the lord mayor of London at his inauguration. budge3+ (buj), n. [Origin uncertain.] One who slips into a house or shop to steal cloaks, etc.; a sneak-thief. Kersey , 1708. [Slang.] budge-barrel (buj'bar"el), n. A small barrel with only one head, a piece of leather which is drawn together upon strings being nailed upon the other end. It is used in action for carrying powder or cartridges with a gun or mortar. Also called budge . budgene t (buj'nes), n. [ budge2 , a., 2, + -ne .] Sternne ; severity. A great Bell on a for budgene . Stan i hurst , quoted in Warton's Hist. Eng. Poetry, § 58. budger (buj'ėr), n. One who moves or stirs from his place. Let the first budger die the other's slave. Shak ., Cor., i. 8.