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Definition: Bouge
Bouge
\Bouge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Gouged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gouging.]
1. To scoop out with a gouge.
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2. To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out
the eye of (a person) with the thumb. [K S.]
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Note: A barbarity mentioned by some travelers as formerly
practiced in the brutal frays of desperadoes in some
parts of the United States.
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3. To cheat in a bargain; to chouse. [Slang, U. S.]
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Bouge
\Bouge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Bouged] [Variant of bulge.
Cf.
Bowge.]
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1. To swell out. [Obs.]
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2. To bilge. [Obs.]
“Their ship bouged.” --Hakluyt.
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Bouge
\Bouge\, v. t.
To stave in; to bilge. [Obs.] --Holland.
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Bouge
\Bouge\, n. [F. bouche mouth, victuals.]
Bouche (see
Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions. [Obs.]
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[They] made room for a bombardman that brought bouge
for a country lady or two, that fainted . . . with
fasting. --B. Jonson.
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