Budge
Budge (buj) , intransitive verb
[French bouger to stir, move (akin to Pr. bojar, bolegar, to stir, move, Italian bulicare to boil, bubble), from Latin bullire. See Boil, v. i.]
To move off; to stir; to walk away.
I'll not budge an inch, boy.
The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge
From rascals worse than they.
Budge , adjective
[See Budge, v.]
Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obsolete] — South
Budge , noun
[Old English bouge bag, Old French boge, bouge, from Latin bulga a leathern bag or knapsack; a Gallic word; compare OIr. bolc, Gael. bolg. Compare 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 , adjective
1.
Lined with budge; hence, scholastic.
Budge gowns.
2.
Austere or stiff, like scholastics.
Those budge doctors of the stoic fur.
Collocations (2)
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 (Military) , 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.