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Webster 1913 Edition

Bouge

Bouge

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bouged
]
[Variant of
bulge
. Cf.
Bowge
.]
1.
To swell out.
[Obs.]
2.
To bilge.
[Obs.]
“Their ship bouged.”
Hakluyt.

Bouge

,
Verb.
T.
To stave in; to bilge.
[Obs.]
Holland.

Bouge

,
Noun.
[F.
bouche
mouth, victuals.]
Bouche (see
Bouche
, 2); food and drink; provisions.
[Obs.]
[They] made room for a bombardman that brought
bouge
for a country lady or two, that fainted . . . with fasting.
B. Jonson.

Bouge

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gouged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Gouging
.]
1.
To scoop out with a gouge.
2.
To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb.
[K S.]
☞ A barbarity mentioned by some travelers as formerly practiced in the brutal frays of desperadoes in some parts of the United States.
3.
To cheat in a bargain; to chouse.
[Slang, U. S.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Bouge

BOUGE

,
Verb.
I.
booj. To swell out. [Little used.]

BOUGE

,
Noun.
Provisions. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

bouge

bouge

See also: bougé

English

Noun

bouge ‎(uncountable)

  1. (now historical) The right to rations at court, granted to the king's household, attendants etc.
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p, 29:
      Officials carrying lists of servants receiving ‘bouge of court’ – wages and board – carried out identity checks [...].

Etymology 2

Variant of bulge.

Verb

bouge ‎(third-person singular simple present bouges, present participle bouging, simple past and past participle bouged)

  1. To swell out.
  2. To bilge.
    • Hakluyt
      Their ship bouged.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buʒ/

Etymology 1

From Old French bouge, bolge, probably a borrowing from Late Latin bulga ‎(“leather bag”), ultimately of Gaulish origin.

Noun

bouge m ‎(plural bouges)

  1. hovel; dive
  2. bulge, protuberance
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Verb

bouge

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bouger
  2. third-person singular present indicative of bouger
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of bouger
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of bouger
  5. second-person singular imperative of bouger

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin bulga, probably a borrowing. Ultimately of Gaulish origin.

Noun

bouge m ‎(oblique plural bouges, nominative singular bouges, nominative plural bouge)

  1. sack; purse; small bag

Descendants

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bouge)

Etymology

Alteration of bouche.

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