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Webster 1913 Edition

Badger

Badg′er

,
Noun.
[Of uncertain origin; perh. fr. an old verb
badge
to lay up provisions to sell again.]
An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; – formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
[Now dialectic, Eng.]

Badg′er

,
Noun.
[OE.
bageard
, prob. fr.
badge
+
-ard
, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See
Badge
,
Noun.
]
1.
A carnivorous quadruped of the genus
Meles
or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (
Meles meles
or
Meles vulgaris
), called also
brock
, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (
Taxidea taxus
or
Taxidea Americana
or
Taxidea Labradorica
) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See
Teledu
.
2.
A brush made of badgers’ hair, used by artists.
Badger dog
.
(Zool.)
See
Dachshund
.

Badg′er

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Badgered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Badgering
.]
[For sense 1, see 2d
Badger
; for 2, see 1st
Badger
.]
1.
To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently.
2.
To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.

Webster 1828 Edition

Badger

BADG'ER

,
Noun.
In law, a person who is licensed to buy corn in one place and sell it in another, without incurring the penalties of engrossing.

BADG'ER

,
Noun.
A quadruped of the genus Ursus, of a clumsy make, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. It inhabits the north of Europe and Asia, burrows, is indolent and sleepy, feeds by night on vegetables, and is very fat. Its skin is used 9
for pistol furniture; its flesh makes good bacon, and its hair is used for brushes to soften the shades in painting. The American badger is called the ground hog, and is sometimes white.

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