Budge \Budge\, a. [See {Budge}, v.]
   Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.] --South.
   
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Budge \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 \Budge\, a.
   1. Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. "Budge gowns."
      --Milton.
      
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   2. 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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Budge \Budge\ (b[u^]j), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Budged} (b[u^]jd);
   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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