† ˈbadgie, bagy, bawgy Obs.
[See badge n., and cf. Anglo-Lat. bagia.]
= badge. (Chiefly Scotch.)
| 1486 Bk. St. Albans Heraldry B ij a, Theys bastardis shall adde more bagy to his armys or take a way a bagy of armys. 1513 Douglas æneis ii. viii. (vii.) 55 His schynyng scheild, with his bawgy tuik he. 1566 in Q. Mary's Bedroom, Edinb. Castle, under Arms of Jas. VI, Lord Jesu Chryst..Preserve the Birth quhais Badgie heir is borne. 1586 J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 205 Of fesse Bagie, fesse Target and fesse Sentally. |