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dudgeon

dudgeon is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.The haft of a dagger. Shak.
  2. 2.A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. Hudibras.
  3. 3.Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure. I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility. Sir T. Scott.
  4. 4.Homely; rude; coarse. [Obs.] By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon, I would not be an ass. Beau. & Fl.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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