Budge

a. 1. Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. “Budge gowns.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Austere or stiff, like scholastics. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those budge doctors of the stoic fur. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 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. ] A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Budge, v. ] Brisk; stirring; jocund. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sternness; severity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A Sara for goodness, a great Bellona for budgeness. Stanyhurst. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who budges. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hindi bajrā. ] A large and commodious, but generally cumbrous and sluggish boat, used for journeys on the Ganges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. small Australian parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors.
Syn. -- budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. bogett, bouget, F. bougette bag, wallet, dim. of OF. boge, bouge, leather bag. See Budge, n., and cf. Bouget. ] 1. A bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store; an accumulation; as, a budget of inventions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

To open the budget, to lay before a legislative body the financial estimates and plans of the executive government. [ 1913 Webster ]