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What's The Definition Of 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.
\Budge\, a. [See {Budge}, v.] Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.] --South.
\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.
\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.