BUDGING
Verb
budging
present participle of budge
Source: Wiktionary
BUDGE
Budge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Budged; p. pr. & vb. n. Budging.] Etym:
[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.]
Definition: To move off; to stir; to walk away.
I'll not budge an inch, boy. Shak.
The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge From rascals worse
than they. Shak.
Budge, a. Etym: [See Budge, v.]
Definition: Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.] South.
Budge, n. Etym: [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.]
Definition: 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. "Budge gowns." Milton.
2. Austere or stiff, like scholastics.
Those budge doctors of the stoic fur. Milton.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition