WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : Budge
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : Defn: 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Budged; p. pr. & vb. n. Budging.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Budge
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [See Budge, v.]
Definition : Defn: Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.] South.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Budge
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : Defn: A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Budge
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913