"widge" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1587, John Bridges, A Defence of the Government Established in the Church of Englande for Ecclesiasticall Matters.",
          "text": "But what liuinges ſoeuer he had, or hauing liuinges, how beastly ſoeuer he ſpared his money, and rode thether on his widge beaste.",
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          "text": "[addressing the narrator, named Widge] \"I'm only going to see that he learns a lesson,\" said Nick innocently. \"Now then. Widge, is it? You know what a widge is where I come from?\"\nMy throat felt too tight to speak. I shook my head.\n\"A horse. I think I'll call you Horse, although I think you look more like an ass to me. […]\"",
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪdʒ"
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