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.
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. [See Budge,
v.] Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.]
South.
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.