Bouge

·vi To swell out.

II. Bouge ·vt To scoop out with a gouge.

III. Bouge ·vi To Bilge.

IV. Bouge ·vt To stave in; to Bilge.

V. Bouge ·noun Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions.

VI. Bouge ·vt To cheat in a bargain; to Chouse.

VII. Bouge ·vt To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb.

to bouge
(OldFr. bouge, swelling.--Cotgrave). To swell out, to bulge. This old word is noticed by Dr. Johnson...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
bouge
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bouge or bowge and chine
, or bilge and chimb The end of one cask stowed against the bilge of another. To prepare a ship fo...

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