Webster's English Dictionary

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badger

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  1. bait                  
 
1. bad.ger \'baj-*r\ n [prob. fr. badge; fr. the white mark on its 
   forehead] 1a: any of several sturdy burrowing mammals (genera Meles and 
   Taxi dea of the family Mustelidae) widely distributed in the northern 
   hemisphere 1b: the pelt or fur of a badger  Austral  2a: WOMBAT  2b: 
   BANDICOOT  cap  3: a native or resident of Wisconsin - used as a nickname 
2. badger \-(*-)rin\ vt or bad.ger.ing [fr. the sport of baiting badgers] : 
   to harass or annoy persistently