Budge /(bŭj)/

Budge

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Budged; p. pr. & vb. n. Budging

  1. 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

a.
  1. Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.]

Budge

n.
  1. 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.
  2. Austere or stiff, like scholastics.
    Those budge doctors of the stoic fur.

Phrases & Compounds
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
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.