Middle English Dictionary Entry
bǒuǧe n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | bǒuǧe n.(1) Also boge. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. bulge n. & bouche n.(2).
1.
(a) A leather bag; water ~ (q.v.), a leather bottle for water; (b) her. a representation of two bags hung from a yoke, a bouget; (c) ~ maker, one who makes leather bags.
Associated quotations
a
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5246/18 : Et eidem pro j par bowges pro leggharneys domini, iiij scot.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ps.32.7 : He gaderith togidere the watris of the see as in a bowge [L utre; WB(1): botel].
- c1425(c1400) Primer (Cmb Dd.11.82)83 : For y am maad as a bowge in frost.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)46 : Bowge: Bulga.
- (1453-4) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103633 : Pro l pare de Bowgez empt..16 d.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)8942 : To ber thy armys on thy bak, Bet than in bowgys or cloth sak.
- c1475 Chaucer HF (Bod 638)2129 : Saugh I eke..Currurs & eke Messangerys With bowgys [vrr. boystes, boxes] cramyd full of lyes.
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)142 : Bi draught of hors, fro rivers & fro wellis Bowges be brouht to brewers for good ale.
- a1500 O fresch floure (RwlPoet 36)21 : Rememberyng your grete hede..visage large and huge, And eyþer of youre pappys like a water bowge.
b
- (c1450) The Rote is ded (CotR 2.23)29 : The water bowge and the wyne botelle With the Vetturlockes cheyne ben fast.
- c1460 I warne you (Dub 432)p.293 : The Watyr Bouge by the Horse stode.
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.4 (Hrl 2169)228 : [Gules three] bowgys [silver].
c
- (1471) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.125139 : Botellers, et bowgemakers.
2.
(a) A natural protuberance on a bodily organ, a bulge; also, a hump on the back; (b) a botch, swelling, tumor.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 *Trev.Barth.(Mrg M 875)59b/a : Þe cas of þe galle is a certeyne skyn set vp on þe bowges of þe lyuoure.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)19b/b : Fro þe bowge [*Ch.(1): gibbositee] for soþe of þe same lyuer a veyne gooþ oute.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)106a/b : Vnioyntinge of ham is..some tyme forsoþe in the lower spondiles..and it makeþ a bouge [*Ch.(1): gibbosite].
- a1450 WBible(2) (Corp-C 147)Lev.21.20 : [If he hath] botche or a bouge on his bak [WB(1): crokid rigge].
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)17a : A Bowge: gibbus..gibbositas.
b
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)190b/a : The bowge [*Ch.(1): Bocium; L Botium] of þe nekke haþ thre fourmes of medecynes.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)17a : A Bowge: struma, strumositas.
3.
= bouche n. (1), q.v.
Associated quotations
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)353/11 : Þe which yemen and archers þe Kyng toke yn-to his owne court, & yaf ham bothe boge [vr. bouche] of court and gode wagez.
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)19 : The lyvery for horses at bouge of court, of gentlemen, and many other requiryng a grete busynes that now is lefte and put into silver to increse theyre wages.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. bouge.