n. [ Of uncertain origin; perh. fr. an old verb badge to lay up provisions to sell again. ] 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. [ Now dialectic, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See Badge, n. ]
Badger dog. (Zool.)
v. t.
n.
. The method of blackmailing by decoying a person into a compromising situation and extorting money by threats of exposure. [ Cant ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n.
a. Having legs of unequal length, as the badger was thought to have. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
. Wisconsin; -- a nickname. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]