What does "dudgeon" mean?
Dudgeon: The haft of a dagger. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. Hudibras.
- 3.Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure. I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility. Sir T. Scott.
- 4.Homely; rude; coarse. [Obs.] By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon, I would not be an ass. Beau. & Fl.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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