badges
plural of badge
badges
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badge
• bagsed, bedags, debags
Source: Wiktionary
Badge, n. Etym: [LL. bagea, bagia, sign, prob. of German origin; cf. AS. beág, beáh, bracelet, collar, crown, OS b in comp., AS. b to bow, bend, G. biegen. See Bow to bend.]
1. A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman. "Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges. " Prescott.
2. Something characteristic; a mark; a token. Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. Shak.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
Badge, v. t.
Definition: To mark or distinguish with a badge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
