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Badge or sign of honor, rank, or official station. In the official marks invested, you Anon do meet the Senate. Shak.

A Turkish honorary order established in 1851 by Abdul-Mejid, having as its badge a medallion surrounded by seven silver rays and crescents. It is often conferred on foreigners.

The American badger.

unday in May, or for schools the second Friday, as the time, and a white carnation as the badge.

Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black. The houses to their tops with black were spread, And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid. Dryden. Deep mourning. See under Deep.

An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.

Having a marsupial pouch; as, the pouched badger, or the wombat.

The quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit; cowardliness. The badge of pusillanimity and cowardice. Shak. It is obvious to distinguished between an act of . . . pusillanimity and an act of great modesty or humility. South.

has position next behind center rush, and receives the ball on the snap back. -- Quarter badge (Naut.), an ornament on the side of a vessel near, the stern. Mar. Dict. -- Quarter bill (Naut.), a list specifying the different stations to be taken by the officers and crew in time of action, and the names of the men ass…

nivore of the genus Mellivora, allied to the weasels and the skunks; -- called also honey badger.

A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge. That recognizance and pledge of love Which I first gave her. Shak.

uring great calamities; also, a member or worker of such a society; -- so called from the badge of neutrality; the Geneva cross.

An ensign or badge of royalty. [Obs.]

rrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.

A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression. "The rod, and bird of peace." Shak.

An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.

white field with a union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of England; -- called also the white ensign. Brande & C. -- Saint George's flag, a smaller flag resembling the ensign, but without the union jack; used as the sign of the presence and command of a…

Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang] Sand badger (Zoöl.), the Japanese badger (Meles ankuma). -- Sand bag (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc. (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins. -- Sand ball, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball f…

otherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers, members of societies, etc.

A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace. And the king held out Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Esther v. 2.