Dudg"eon (?), 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.
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Dudg"eon, n. [W. dygen anger, grudge.]
Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.
I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility.
Sir T. Scott.
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Dudg"eon, a.
Homely; rude; coarse.
[Obs.]
By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon,
I would not be an ass.
Beau. & Fl.
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