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Dudgeon
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made. Gerarde (1597).
2. The haft of a dagger. Shak.
3. A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. Hudibras.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure. I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility. Sir T. Scott.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Homely; rude; coarse. [Obs.] By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon, I would not be an ass. Beau. & Fl.