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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bouge \Bouge\, v. t.
   To stave in; to bilge. [Obs.] --Holland.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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