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   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.
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   I'll not budge an inch, boy.
   Shak.
   
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   The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge
   From rascals worse than they.
   Shak.
   
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   Budge, a. [See Budge, v.] Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.]
   South.
   
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   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.
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   Budge, a.
   Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. “Budge gowns.”
   Milton.
   
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   Austere or stiff, like scholastics.
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   Those budge doctors of the stoic fur.
   Milton.
   
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   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.
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