Badger \Badg"er\, 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.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Badger \Badg"er\, n. [OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in
reference to the white mark on its forehead. See Badge,n.]
1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an
allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick
legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species ({Meles
meles or Meles vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits
the north of Europe and Asia; another species ({Taxidea
taxus or Taxidea Americana or Taxidea Labradorica)
inhabits the northern parts of North America. See
Teledu.
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2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.
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Badger dog. (Zool.) See Dachshund.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Badger \Badg"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Badgered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Badgering.] [For sense 1, see 2d Badger; for 2, see
1st Badger.]
1. To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or
irritate persistently.
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2. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
badger
n : sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely
distributed in the northern hemisphere
v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of
his stammer" [syn: tease, pester, bug, beleaguer]
2: persuade through constant efforts
WordNet (r) 2.0
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "badger":
aggravate, annoy, bait, be at, bedevil, beset, blackmail, bother,
bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, chivy, devil,
discompose, distemper, disturb, dog, exact, exasperate, exercise,
extort, fash, force from, get, gripe, harass, harry, heckle,
hector, hound, irk, levy blackmail, miff, molest, nag, needle,
nettle, nudzh, peeve, persecute, pester, pick on, pique, plague,
pluck the beard, pother, provoke, pry loose from, rend, rend from,
ride, rile, rip, rip from, roil, ruffle, screw, shake down,
snatch from, squeeze, tear from, tease, torment, try the patience,
tweak the nose, vex, worry, wrench, wrench from, wrest, wring,
wring from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Badger
this word is found in Ex. 25:5; 26:14; 35:7, 23; 36:19; 39:34;
Num. 4:6, etc. The tabernacle was covered with badgers' skins;
the shoes of women were also made of them (Ezek. 16:10). Our
translators seem to have been misled by the similarity in sound
of the Hebrew _tachash_ and the Latin _taxus_, "a badger." The
revisers have correctly substituted "seal skins." The Arabs of
the Sinaitic peninsula apply the name _tucash_ to the seals and
dugongs which are common in the Red Sea, and the skins of which
are largely used as leather and for sandals. Though the badger
is common in Palestine, and might occur in the wilderness, its
small hide would have been useless as a tent covering. The
dugong, very plentiful in the shallow waters on the shores of
the Red Sea, is a marine animal from 12 to 30 feet long,
something between a whale and a seal, never leaving the water,
but very easily caught. It grazes on seaweed, and is known by
naturalists as Halicore tabernaculi.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Badger, IA (city, FIPS 4195)
Location: 42.61231 N, 94.14260 W
Population (1990): 569 (214 housing units)
Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50516
Badger, MN (city, FIPS 3160)
Location: 48.77609 N, 96.02071 W
Population (1990): 381 (176 housing units)
Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56714
Badger, SD (town, FIPS 3060)
Location: 44.48571 N, 97.20940 W
Population (1990): 114 (53 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57214
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Badger, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 610
Housing Units (2000): 232
Land area (2000): 1.691226 sq. miles (4.380256 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.691226 sq. miles (4.380256 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04195
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.615303 N, 94.144454 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50516
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Badger, IA
Badger
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Badger, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
Population (2000): 144
Housing Units (2000): 66
Land area (2000): 1.064676 sq. miles (2.757498 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.064676 sq. miles (2.757498 sq. km)
FIPS code: 03060
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 44.485685 N, 97.207380 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57214
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Badger, SD
Badger
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Badger, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 470
Housing Units (2000): 228
Land area (2000): 1.332007 sq. miles (3.449882 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.332007 sq. miles (3.449882 sq. km)
FIPS code: 03160
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 48.780003 N, 96.016780 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56714
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Badger, MN
Badger
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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