▪ I. bouget Her.
(ˈbuːdʒɪt)
Also 6 boget, 7 bowget.
[Earlier spelling of budget n.]
A representation of an ancient water vessel, consisting of a yoke with two leathern pouches, or buckets, attached.
| [1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. B iv b, Gorgys be called in armys water bulgees.] 1592 W. Wyrley Armorie 136 Who did in gules three siluer Bogets bear. 1688 R. Holme Armory iii. vi. 75 He beareth Or, a Water Bowget, Sable. 1859 Turner Dom. Archit. III. ii. vii. 250 Two shields of arms, on one of which are three water bougets. |
▪ II. † bouget
Misprint or bad spelling for bought, the bend of the elbow.
| 1548 Vicary Englishm. Treas. (1626) 30 Till it appeare in the bouget of the arme. |