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Look up: badger

  1. badger
    [n] - sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere 2. [v] - persuade through constant efforts
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Badger
    archaic or obsolete terms > Occupations:Licensed pauper.
    Found on http://www.skyscript.co.uk/glossarytt.ht

  3. Badger
    NATO codename for Tupolev Tu-16 bomber [SU;RU]
    Found on http://www.jedsite.info/index.html

  4. Badger
    Badg'er noun [ Of uncertain origin; perhaps from 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.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/5

  5. Badger
    Badg'er noun [ Middle English bageard , probably from badge + -ard , in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See Badge , noun ] 1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/5

  6. Badger
    Badg'er transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Badgered ; present participle & verbal noun Badgering .] [ For sense 1, see 2d Badger ; for 2, see 1st Badger .] 1.<...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/5

  7. badger
    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. ... Origin: Of uncertain origin; perh. Fr. An old verb badge to lay up provisions to sell again. ... 1. A carnivorous quadruped of...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. badger
    noun sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. badger
    verb persuade through constant efforts
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. Badger
    • (n.) A brush made of badgers` hair, used by artists. • (v. t.) To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently. • (v. t.) To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain. • (n.) A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It i...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. badger
    common name for any of several stout carnivores, most of them members of the weasel family (Mustelidae), that are found in various parts of the world ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/5

  12. Badger
    Badger is slang for a prostitute's accomplice who goes through her client's pockets while she keeps him occupied.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  13. Badger
    Badger is slang for a prostitute's accomplice who goes through her client's pockets while she keeps him occupied.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  14. Badger
    The USS Badger was an American flush deck type destroyer of 1090 tons displacement launched in 1918. The USS Badger was powered by four oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 35 knots. She carried a complement of 122 and was armed with four 4 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun and twelve ...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  15. badger
    badger, name for several related members of the weasel family. Most badgers are large, nocturnal, burrowing animals, with broad, heavy bodies, long snouts, large, sharp claws, and long, grizzled fur. The Old World badger, Meles meles, is found in Europe and in Asia N of the Himalayas; it is about 3 ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08057

  16. Badger
    The badger (Meles taxus or Meles vulgaris) or brock is an omnivorous mammal of the family Mustelidae, allied both to the bears and to the weasels, of a clumsy make, with short thick legs, and long claws on the fore-feet. found in England and Europe. It is a nocturnal animal about 90 centimetres in l...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  17. badger
    Large mammal of the weasel family with molar teeth of a crushing type adapted to a partly vegetable diet, and short strong legs with long claws suitable for digging. The Eurasian common badger Meles meles is about 1 m/3 ft long, with long, coarse, greyish hair on the back, and ...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  18. Badger
    A grayish-brown color that may be mixed with a few dark hairs (Great Pyrenees, Sealyham Terriers). Color definitions may vary by breed. Always check the breed standard for the definitive color description.
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  19. Badger
    (disambiguation) `Badger` refers to several species of short-legged, heavy-set carnivores in the weasel family. `Badger` may also refer to: Places: `Australia` `Canada` `United Kingdom` `United States` People: Music: Fictional characters: Transport: Other uses:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger

  20. Badger
    (person) A `badger` was, in English, a term of uncertain derivation (possibly derived from bagger, a bag or person carrying one) for a dealer in food or victuals which he had purchased in one place and carried for sale in another place. The Oxford English Dictionary gives the earliest entry a...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger

  21. Badger
    `Badgers` are short-legged, heavy-set omnivores in the weasel family, Mustelidae. There are eight species of badger, in three subfamilies (see links in species list below): Melinae (badgers of Europe and Asia), Mellivorinae (the Ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (the American badger). The Asiat...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger

  22. Badger
    (comics) image= --> `The Badger` is a comic book character and series created by writer Mike Baron in 1983. The series ran until the 1990s, when it was cancelled along with the other comics titles under the First Comics imprint. A new series from IDW Publishing began in late 2007.<r...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger

  23. Badger
    (band) `Badger` was a British rock band from the early 1970s. One Live Badger: The band was co-founded by keyboardist Tony Kaye after he left Yes, with David Foster. Foster had been in The Warriors with Jon Anderson before Anderson co-founded Yes. Foster later worked with the band on <...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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