n. 獾, 獾皮毛

vt. 纠缠

[经] 小贩(食品), 行商

Badger \Badg"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Badgered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Badgering}.] [For sense 1, see 2d {Badger}; for 2, see
1st {Badger}.]
1. To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or
irritate persistently.

2. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.


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 ({Meles
meles} or {Meles vulgaris}), called also {brock}, inhabits
the north of Europe and Asia; another species ({Taxidea
taxus} or {Taxidea Americana} or {Taxidea Labradorica})
inhabits the northern parts of North America. See
{Teledu}.

2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.

{Badger dog}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Dachshund}.