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What's The Definition Of Bouge?Synonyms | Synonyms for Bouge: Related Terms | Find terms related to Bouge: See Also | Bouge In Webster's Dictionary \Bouge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bouged}] [Variant of bulge.
Cf. {Bowge}.]
1. To swell out. [Obs.]
2. To bilge. [Obs.] ``Their ship bouged.'' --Hakluyt.
\Bouge\, v. t. To stave in; to bilge. [Obs.] --Holland. \Bouge\, n. [F. bouche mouth, victuals.] Bouche (see {Bouche}, 2); food and drink; provisions. [Obs.] [They] made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady or two, that fainted . . . with fasting. --B. Jonson. \Bouge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gouged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gouging}.] 1. To scoop out with a gouge. 2. To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb. [K S.] Note: A barbarity mentioned by some travelers as formerly practiced in the brutal frays of desperadoes in some parts of the United States. 3. To cheat in a bargain; to chouse. [Slang, U. S.] |
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