bad 
5. Not good; defective; worthless; poor; of 
no vulue : as, bad coin; Innl debts; a bad soil ; 
a bad crop ; a butt piece of work; bad health. 
Perjuries are common as had pence. 
fini'lirf, Kxpostlllatioti. 
6. Incorrect ; faulty : as, a bud aim ; bad Eng- 
lish ; a barf pronunciation. 
Cull, if you will, Inn! rhyming a disease. 
I'ni,,-. linit. of Horace, II. ii. is:!. 
7. Not valid; not sound: as, a bud claim; a 
Ixnl plea. 
"You hail better get a porter's knot, ami earry trunks." 
Nor was the advice luiil : for a porter was likely to lie a- 
plentifully feil, and as comfortably lodged, as a poet. 
Macunlttn, Samuel Johnson. 
8. Unfavorable ; unfortunate : as, barf news ; 
bad success. 
Perplex'd and troubled at his bail success 
The tempter stood, nor had what to reply. 
itiltim, P. JJ., iv. 1. 
[ AW is the ordinary antithesis of '[inni, in all its sens. >, 
whether positively, 'evil,' 'harmful,' or negatively, 'not 
good,' -not satisfactory, 'and whcthcrsllbstantively, ' beim." 
evil,' or causally, ' causing harm.' The senses run into 
oni- another, the precise application being determined by 
the context, i -Bad blood, bad conscience, etc. Seethe 
nouns. Bad form, conduct not in accordance with good 
taste or propriety, or not in keeping with the present 
conventional usage; slightly vulgar; not very refilled. 
(Slang.) 
They are taught that to become emotional or enthusi- 
astie over anything is Imii j'nrm. X. A. /;<;., CXI, II. iiL'1. 
In bad odor. See /r. -With a bad grace. Heegntff. 
II. . That which is bad. (a) A bad condi- 
tion : as, to go to the barf (see below). (6) A 
bad thing : as, there are bads and goods among 
them To the bad. ('0 To ruin, financial or moral : as, 
he and his affairs soon went to the Itad. (b) To the wrong 
side of the account; inarrearor deficit: as, I am now 8100 
In the bad. 
bad 2 (bad). Preterit of birf. 
badak-tapa (bad'ak-tap'ii), n. [Malay.] The 
Malay name of the rhinoceros of Sumatra. 
badaneh (ba-da'ne), n. The tunic worn by the 
Egyptian califs, made of the very finest quality 
of linen. The weight of the garment was only 2 ounces, 
and it is said to have cost 1,000 dinars (about 2,600). 
baddam (bad'am), n. A species of bitter al- 
mond imported into some parts of India from 
Persia, and used as money, with a value of 
about half a cent. 
baddert (bad'er), n. Old comparative of barf. 
See barfi. 
Lewed peple . . . demen gladly to the badde-r ende. 
Chaucer, Squire's Tale, 1. 216. 
Were it badder, it is not the worst. Lyly, Euphues. 
badderlocks (bad'er-loks), n. [Supposed, with- 
out evidence, to stand for Haider's locks. Cf. 
balder-brae.'} A name given in Scotland to 
the edible seaweed Alar ia esculenta. The plant is 
olive-green, belonging to the order Lamiiiariacece, ami has 
a lanceolate frond borne upon a stipe which is continued 
into a midrib. The stipe hears ribless leaflets along its 
sides. Also called henware, and in the Orkney Islands 
honey-ware ; in parts of Ireland, murlins. 
baddestt (bad'est), a. Old superlative of barf. 
See barfi. 
The baddest among the cardinals is chosen pope. 
Sir E. Sandys, State of Religion. 
baddish (bad'ish), a. [< barfi + -is/a.] Some- 
what bad ; of inferior character or quality. 
He wrote baddish verses. Jeffrey. 
A snuffy, babbling, baddish fellow. 
Carlyle, The Century, XXIV. 24. 
baddock (bad'ok), n. [E.dial. Cf. badocfc.] A 
local English name of the coalfish. 
bade (bad). Preterit of bid. 
badelaire (ba-de-lar'), [F., formerly baude- 
laire: see ftarfeZar.] In her., a curved sword 
or cutlas used as a bearing. 
badelart, . [< P. badelaire (ML. badelare, 
badarellus). Cf. baselard, baslard.~\ A short 
curved sword. Urquhart, tr. of Rabelais. 
badge 1 (baj), n. [< ME. barfgre, bagge, bage 
(also bogy, early mod. Sc. bagie, badgie, bawgy), 
later in ML. bagea, bagia, OP. bage (rare). 
Origin unknown; perhaps < ML. baga, a ring, 
< OS. bag, bog = AS. bcdg, bedh, a ring, orna- 
ment, ME. beg, beigh, etc., mod. E. bee*, q. v.] 
1. A token or cognizance worn in allusion to 
the wearer's occupation, position, preferences, 
or achievements. The badge in the middle ages was 
not necessarily heraldic, though in many eases it was se- 
lected from one or more of the heraldic bearings, and it is 
not bound by heralds' rules. Thus, the white hart of 
Richard II. is represented in different attitudes, and is not 
described in the language of blazon. A figure for a badge 
might also be chosen arbitrarily, as the hoar of Richard 
III. Badges selected as personal tokens have often become 
heraldic bearings, as the three feathers of the Prince of 
Wales. 
His gorgeous collar hung adown, 
\V n mijht with the badije of Scotland's crown. 
Scott, Marmion, v. 8. 
417 
JJ. A mark, token, or device worn by servants, 
retainers, parli/.ans. or followers, as a sij,'n of 
their allegiance, or a similar token worn liy 
members i if an association to indicate their 
membership. 
On hi.s breast a bloodie Crosse he bore, 
The dcare remembrance of his dying l.md ; 
Kor whose swei te sake that -loi - i.,i./:,, be wore. 
Sl'i'iiser, V. y., I. i. 2. 
3. The mark or token of anything. 
Swi-et mercv i.i nobility's true '*/'/'/'-. 
Xltuk-., Tit. \ml., i. '-'. 
Zeal for orthodoxy became a /i</v of Spanish patriot- 
ism after the long struggle, tirst with Ariaus, and then 
with Moors. //. A'. njri'n/iKiii, Short studii 
4. \aut. : (a) A carved ornament formerly 
placed on ships, near the stern, and often con- 
taining the representa- 
tion of a window, (ft) A 
mark of good conduct 
awarded in the United 
States naval service to 
seamen distinguished 
for sobriety and obedi- 
ence. -Badge of Ulster, in 
lu'r., the ancient distinctive 
ensign of the order of baro- 
nets. (See baronet.) It is the 
ancient badge of the Irish 
kingdom of rister, and is thus 
blazoned: arg., a sinister hand 
appaiimee, couped at the 
wrist, gules. This may be 
borne upon a canton or an in- 
escutcheon, and on that part 
of the bearer's armorial shield 
which is most convenient. 
Sometimes called the bloody 
hand of Ulster. Corps 
badges, tokens worn by the 
different United States army- 
corps during the civil war of 
1861-65, to distinguish them 
one from another. 
badge 1 (baj), . t. ; pret. 
and pp. bodged, ppr. 
budging. [< badge 1 , .] __. 
To mark or distinguish sh 'p iven r r eacn succeeding 
... * . D .,, recommendation for good con- 
With a badge Or as With duct, to be worn on the pendant 
a badge. [Rare.] 
Their hands and faces were all bady'd with blood. 
Shak., Macbeth, ii. 3. 
badge 2 t (baj), v. i. [Early mod. E. also bagge; 
appar. the source of badger** as a noun of agent 
(< badge% + -er 1 ), but the verb appears later 
than the noun and is prob. a reverse deriv. of 
it, like peddle from peddler or pedler, etc. : see 
badger*.] To hawk for sale ; buy up, as pro- 
visions, for the purpose of selling again; re- 
grate. 
badgeer, . See badgir. 
badgeless(baj'les), a. [< badge 1 + -kss.] Hav- 
ing no badge. 
Some badgeless blue upon his back. 
Bp. Hall, Satires, Iv. 5. 
badgeman (baj'man), n. ; pi. badgemen (-men). 
[< badge 1 + man.'}' A man who wears a badge ; 
specifically, in England, an almshouseman : so 
called because a special dress or badge is worn 
to indicate that the wearer belongs to a par- 
ticular foundation. 
He quits the gay and rich, the young and free, 
Among the badgemen with a badge to be. Crabbe. 
badger 1 (baj'er), n. [< badge 1 , n., + -cr 1 .] A 
badgeman ; one entitled or required by law to 
wear a badge, as the police, licensed porters, 
and others. 
badger 2 (baj'er), n. [Early mod. E. also ftarf- 
gerd, bagenrd (mod. dial, also budget, q. v. ), prob. 
< badge 1 (in allusion to the white stripes on its 
forehead) + -arrf (reduced to -er) or -cr 1 (ex- 
Good-conduct Badge, U. S. 
Navy ._p en ,i ant of s v : outer 
edges, blue ; 
white; center 
second stripes, 
red. Medal of 
bronze. A clasp with name of 
European Badger (Melts 
tended to -ard, as in braggard, braggart, for 
bragger, standard, a tree, for stander, etc.), 
being thus identical with badger 1 . Cf. F. blai- 
reau, a badger, OF. blariau, a badger, < OFlem. 
badget 
<)!>. bltirr, bald, lilnri; lilm ,-< , I), liliiar, a while 
.spot on til' fnn-lieail ; el', al.-o the ei|lliv. name 
Iniiistin.} 1. A fossorial plantigrade carnivo- 
rous inainiiial, of tin' l:unil\ .(/>/< lulu- and sub- 
family Mi linn-. (l-'or itsteehniealcharaet, , - ., , I/,/, 
/<"'.) The common Kuropran sj.rries, to bich the name 
was first applied, is .//. . it is 
about '!. feet long, of heavy am! clumsy shape, low on the 
. itb a .-hurt thick tail, a loiix' snout, and Ion- 
!il teil for dicing. The general enlnr i- -I ix/le-l -i ay, with 
dark linilis, and black ami white stripe^ on the h. .eL I lii 
animal inhabits temperate ami northerly portions of Kn 
!"]> mil Asia. Its llcsh is used as food, it.s jielt in furri- 
ery, and its hair for making shaving-brushes and the kind 
ol arlists' hrushes i ,ill<-d /-if-/;/- /..-. In a .state- of nature 
the animal is less fetid th;iii .-oni' of the other species. 
'I'll'' \lneriran t'le! I OMMridftlM I r-t inlile.^ the 
foi-euoing, but dillers in the dental formula and .*ome other 
tei hnieal eliaraeti rs ; it is a common animal in the western 
States ami Territories, ami in >onn le-i'in.-. :i> the Missouri 
\\ .iti i ; -!iril. ii U \>iv abundant. The Indian badger is 
.l/r/o/M/.r i'nll:i,-ix ; it is also called Mint ': "> ami ' "/ /'/. 
The Javanese skunk (.so called from its exln me l, l i 
the teledll or tele^o, .l/././^f/v /yM'/,,---//.,', i.-, a true i> 
Si'e cut UM! i i he ratel, llone> -1 ladder, or l':i|M- 
hadgiT, Mi'llii-ufn ,-,/,-,, is nearly related, though be 
longing to a dilferent subfamily, the M< /fin./ -mir. The 
wombat is often ealle.l liail^er in Australia. It i.s a wide- 
si, read Millar error that the legs of the hadiM r an- shorter 
on one Bide than on tile other ; hence, " the ' 
badger," Draytvii. 
\\ r ar. not //.//,-,. 
For our legs are one as Ion;; as the other. 
Midas,!. 2. 
2. (a) An artists' brush made of badgers' hair, 
used for blending or causing the pigments to 
melt or shade into one another and for impart- 
ing smoothness, (b) A flat brush used for re- 
moving dust from a polished surface in some 
photographic and other chemical operations, 
etc. 3. The Lutraria vulgaris, a common eon- 
chiferous or bivalve mollusk of northern Eu- 
rope. It is especially used as bait for the cod. 
4. A sobriquet of a resident of Wisconsin, 
called the Badger State, in allusion to the abun- 
dance of badgers in it Drawing the badger. 
Same as badger-baiting. 
badger'-' (baj'er), v. t. [< badger*, .] 1. To 
attack, as the badger is attacked when being 
drawn or baited ; bait; worry; pester. 
Inconsistent professors, who seemed to have Ixidijered 
him [Thomas Cooper] out of Methodism into scepticism. 
Caroline Fax, Journal, p. 642. 
When one lias to be badgered like this, one wants a drop 
of something more than ordinary. Trollajv, Orley Farm. 
2. To beat down in a bargain. [Prov. Eug.] 
Halliwell. = Syr. Pester, Worn/, etc. See tease. 
badger 3 (baj'er), w. [< late ME. bagcr, of ob- 
scure origin, perhaps an assibilated form (aris- 
ing from its legal use, in an AF. or L. form) of 
bagger (which does not occur in the lit. sense 
till much later), in allusion to the hawker's bag, 
< bag 1 + -er 1 . Cf . pedder, pedler, peddler, <.ped, 
a basket, pannier.] One who buys corn and 
other provisions to sell them elsewhere; a 
hawker ; a huckster ; a cadger. Badgers were re- 
quired to take out a license, and were nmler certain legal 
restrictions as to regrating or forestalling the market. 
[Now only prov. Eng.j 
badger-baiting (ba^'er-ba'ting), n. A barba- 
rous sport formerly common, and still practised 
to some extent, generally as an attraction to 
public houses of the lowest sort. A badger is put 
into a barrel, and one or more dogs are put in to drag him 
out. When this is effected he is returned to his barrel, 
to be similarly assailed by a fresh set of dogs. The badger 
usually makes a most determined and savage resistance. 
Also called dratriitg the badger. 
badgering (baj'er-ing), n. [< badger'3 + -ing 1 .] 
In England, the practice of buying corn or vict- 
uals in one place and selling them in another 
for profit : once restricted by statute. 
badger-legged (baj'er-legd), a. [< badger? + 
leg + -erf 2 .] Having one leg shorter than the 
other : in allusion to the common but erroneous 
supposition that the badger's legs on one side 
are shorter than those on the other. 
His body crooked all over, big-bellied, badger-lewed, and 
his complexion swarthy. Sir Jl. L'K*trange. 
badgerly (baj'er-li), a. [< badger"* + -ly 1 .] 
Badger-like ; grizzled or gray in color. 
badger-plane (baj'er-plan), n. [< badger'* (ap- 
par. in allusion to its snout) + pkine.~\ In join- 
ery, a hand-plane the mouth of which is cut 
obliquely from side to side, so that it can work 
close up to a corner in making a rabbet or 
sinking. 
badger's-bane (baj'erz-ban), n. A variety of 
wolf's-bane, Aconitum lycoetonum. 
badget (baj'et), n. [E. dial. ; appar., like barf- 
ger, < badge 1 , in allusion to the white stripes 
on the badger's forehead. The same allusion 
holds for a cart-horse ; cf. baW 3 .] 1. Same as 
badger 2 , 1. 2. A common name for a cart- 
horse. Halliwcll. [Prov. Eug.] 
