Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A budget or pouch. Spenser, F. Q., III. x. 29.
- n. In heraldry, the figure of a vessel for carrying water. It is meant to represent a yoke with two leathern pouches attached to it, formerly used for the conveyance of water to an army. Also called
water-bouget .
Wiktionary
- n. Obsolete form of budget.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Her.) A charge representing a leather vessel for carrying water; -- also called
water bouget .
Examples
“And when he was in safety arriued, he thanked God that had brought him thither, where he searched his bouget with more leasure then he did at the first, and founde that he had manye stones of so greate value, that sellinge them at price reasonable, for lesse then they were worth, his substaunce did amount to so much more then it was when he departed from his house.”
“Franconia; he bore (for there are diversities on this heraldic point) two axe-blades argent on a field gules, or a bunch of five flowers argent springing from a water-bouget gules; and he is said by witnesses in 1608 to have been described on his tombstone as a knight.”
The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II)
“If you would like to gash appartments in Odessa, but your bouget is predetermined we also purpose be glad to pirate you in search.”
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Containers
Stuff that holds other stuff.
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List of Heraldry Terms
Words and phrases used in blazoning heraldic devices, along with names and other terms associated with the art and science.
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