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<hw>Bud"ding</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of producing buds.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or vegetable organism, the bud thus formed sometimes remaining attached to the parent stalk or cell, at other times becoming free; gemmation. See <er>Hydroidea</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon another stock by inserting a bud under the bark.</def>

<h1>Buddle</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Bud"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prov. E., to cleanse ore, also a vessel for this purpose; cf. G. <ets>butteln</ets> to shake.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>An apparatus, especially an inclined trough or vat, in which stamped ore is concentrated by subjecting it to the action of rynning water so as to wash out the lighter and less valuable portions.</def>

<h1>Buddle</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Bud"dle</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>To wash ore in a buddle.</def>

<h1>Bude burner</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Bude" burn`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[See <er>Bude light</er>.]</ety> <def>A burner consisting of two or more concentric Argand burners (the inner rising above the outer) and a central tube by which oxygen gas or common air is supplied.</def>

<h1>Bude light</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Bude" light`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[From <ets>Bude</ets>, in Cornwall, the residence of Sir G.Gurney, the inventor.]</ety> <def>A light in which high illuminating power is obtained by introducing a jet of oxygen gas or of common air into the center of a flame fed with coal gas or with oil.</def>

<h1>Budge</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Budge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Budged</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Budging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>bouger</ets> to stir, move (akin to Pr. <ets>bojar</ets>, <ets>bolegar</ets>, to stir, move, It. <ets>bulicare</ets> to boil, bubble), fr. L. <ets>bullire</ets>. See <er>Boil</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>To move off; to stir; to walk away.</def>

<blockquote>I'll not <b>budge</b> an inch, boy. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did <b>budge</b> From rascals worse than they. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Budge</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Budge</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Budge</er>, <ets>v</ets>.]</ety> <def>Brisk; stirring; jocund.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Budge</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Budge</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bouge</ets> bag, OF. <ets>boge</ets>, <ets>bouge</ets>, fr. L. <ets>bulga</ets> a leathern bag or knapsack; a Gallic word; cf. OIr. <ets>bolc</ets>, Gael. <ets>bolg</ets>. Cf. <er>Budge</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits.</def>

<h1>Budge</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Budge</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Lined with budge; hence, scholastic.</def> "<i>Budge</i> gowns."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Austere or stiff, like scholastics.</def>

<blockquote>Those <b>budge</b> doctors of the stoic fur. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Budge bachelor</col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Budge barrel</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<h1>Budgeness</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Budge"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Sternness; severity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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