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.
Badger dog. (Zoöl.) See Dachshund.
