Badger dog. (Zoöl.) See Dachshund.

Bad
(Bad) imp. of Bid. Bade. [Obs.] Dryden.

Bad
(Bad) a. [Compar. Worse (wûs); superl. Worst ] [Probably fr. AS. bæddel hermaphrodite; cf. bædling effeminate fellow.] Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; — the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad air; bad health; a bad crop; bad news.

Sometimes used substantively.

The strong antipathy of good to bad.
Pope.

Syn. — Pernicious; deleterious; noxious; baneful; injurious; hurtful; evil; vile; wretched; corrupt; wicked; vicious; imperfect.

Badder
(Bad"der) compar. of Bad, a. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Badderlocks
(Bad"der*locks) n. [Perh. for Balderlocks, fr. Balder the Scandinavian deity.] (Bot.) A large black seaweed (Alaria esculenta) sometimes eaten in Europe; — also called murlins, honeyware, and henware.

Baddish
(Bad"dish), a. Somewhat bad; inferior. Jeffrey.

Bade
(Bade) A form of the past tense of Bid.

Badge
(Badge) n. [LL. bagea, bagia, sign, prob. of German origin; cf. AS. beág, beáh, bracelet, collar, crown, OS. bog- in comp., AS. bugan to bow, bend, G. biegen. See Bow to bend.]

1. A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman. "Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges." Prescott.

2. Something characteristic; a mark; a token.

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Shak.

3. (Naut.) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.

Badge
(Badge) v. t. To mark or distinguish with a badge.

Badgeless
(Badge"less), a. Having no badge. Bp. Hall.

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.]

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 called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana or Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.

2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.


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