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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dudgeon \Dudg"eon\, a. Homely; rude; coarse. [Obs.] By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon, I would not be an ass. --Beau. & Fl From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dudgeon \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dudgeon \Dudg"eon\, n. [W. dygen anger, grudge.] Resentment; ill will anger; displeasure. I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility. Sir T. Scott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dudgeon n : a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase "in high dudgeon") [syn: {high dudgeon}]
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