gudgeon
gudgeon is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 28 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.What may be got without skill or merit. Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool gudgeon, this opinion. Shak.
- 2.A person easily duped or cheated. Swift.
- 3.(Mach.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.
- 4.(Naut.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder. Ball gudgeon. See under Ball.
- 5.To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon. [R.] To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been given you. Sir IV. Scott.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is gudgeon.
- What is what may be got without skill or merit. Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool gudgeon, this opinion. Shak called?
- What is a person easily duped or cheated. Swift called?
- What is a metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder. Ball gudgeon. See under Ball called?
- What is to deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon. [R.] To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been given you. Sir IV. Scott called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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