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Entry 7 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Bouge

· IPA /buːd͡ʒ/
01 v. i. To swell out.
imp. & p. p. Bouged
  1. 1.
    To swell out.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    To bilge.[Obs.]
02 v. t. To stave in; to bilge.
  1. 1.
    To stave in; to bilge.[Obs.]
03 n. Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions.
  1. 1.
    Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions.[Obs.] See: Bouche
    “[They] made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady or two, that fainted . . . with fasting.” — B. Jonson.
04 v. t. To scoop out with a gouge.
imp. & p. p. Gouged; p. pr. & vb. n. Gouging
  1. 1.
    To scoop out with a gouge.
  2. 2.
    To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb.[K S.]
  3. 3.
    To cheat in a bargain; to chouse.[Slang, U. S.]