Part 1447

<blockquote>A Sara for goodness, a great Bellona for <b>budgeness</b>. <i>Stanyhurst.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Budger</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Budg"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who budges.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>budgerow</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>budg"e*row</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hindi <ets>bajr\'be</ets>.]</ety> <def>A large and commodious, but generally cumbrous and sluggish boat, used for journeys on the Ganges.</def>

<h1>Budget</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Budg"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bogett</ets>, <ets>bouget</ets>, F. <ets>bougette</ets> bag, wallet, dim. of OF. <ets>boge</ets>, <ets>bouge</ets>, leather bag. See <er>Budge</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and cf. <er>Bouget</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store; an accumulation; <as>as, a <ex>budget</ex> of inventions</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The annual financial statement which the British chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a general view of the finances of the country, with the proposed plan of taxation for the ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a similar statement in other countries.</def>

<cs><col>To open the budget</col>, <cd>to lay before a legislative body the financial estimates and plans of the executive government.</cd></cs>

<h1>Budgy</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Budg"y</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Budge</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Consisting of fur.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Budlet</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Bud"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bud</ets> + <ets>-let</ets>.]</ety> <def>A little bud springing from a parent bud.</def>

<blockquote>We have a criterion to distinguish one bud from another, or the parent bud from the numerous <b>budlets</b> which are its offspring. <i>E. Darwin.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Buff</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Buff</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>buff</ets>, <ets>buffe</ets>, buff, buffalo, F. <ets>buffle</ets> buffalo. See <er>Buffalo</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner.</def> "A suit of <i>buff</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The color to buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.</def>

<blockquote>A visage rough, Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of <b>buff</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A military coat, made of buff leather.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See <cref>Buffy coat</cref>, under <er>Buffy</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The bare skin; <as>as, to strip to the <ex>buff</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>To be in <b>buff</b> is equivalent to being naked. <i>Wright.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Buff</h1> <Xpage=188>

<hw>Buff</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Made of buff leather.</def>