Part 859

<i> Jeffrey.</i>

<h1>Bade</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Bade</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A form of the pat tense of <er>Bid</er>.</def>

<h1>Badge</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Badge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>bagea</ets>, <ets>bagia</ets>, sign, prob. of German origin; cf. AS. <ets>be\'a0g</ets>, <ets>be\'a0h</ets>, bracelet, collar, crown, OS <ets>b<?/g-</ets> in comp., AS. <ets>b<?/gan</ets> to bow, bend, G. <ets>biegen</ets>. See <er>Bow</er> to bend.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; <as>as, the <ex>badge</ex> of a society; the <ex>badge</ex> of a policeman.</as></def> "Tax gatherers, recognized by their official <i>badges</i>. "

<i>Prescott.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Something characteristic; a mark; a token.</def>

<blockquote>Sweet mercy is nobility's true <b>badge</b>. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.</def>

<h1>Badge</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Badge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To mark or distinguish with a badge.</def>

<h1>Badgeless</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Badge"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no badge.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Badger</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Badg"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of uncertain origin; perh. fr. an old verb <ets>badge</ets> to lay up provisions to sell again.]</ety> <def>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.</def> <mark>[Now dialectic, Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Badger</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Badg"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bageard</ets>, prob. fr. <ets>badge</ets> + <ets>-ard</ets>, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See <er>Badge</er>,<tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A carnivorous quadruped of the genus <spn>Meles</spn> or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species <spn>(M. vulgaris)</spn>, called also <altname>brock</altname>, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species <spn>(Taxidea Americana or Labradorica)</spn> inhabits the northern parts of North America. See <er>Teledu</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.</def>

<cs><col>Badger dog</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Dachshund</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Badger</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Badg"er</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Badgered</er> (<?/);<tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Badgering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[For sense 1, see 2d <er>Badger</er>; for 2, see 1st <er>Badger</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.</def>

<h1>Badgerer</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Badg"er*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who badgers.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind of dog used in badger baiting.</def>

<h1>Badgering</h1> <Xpage=111>

<hw>Badg"er*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of one who badgers.</def>