Dudgeon \Dudg"eon\, n.
1. The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were
made. --Gerarde (1597).
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2. The haft of a dagger. --Shak.
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3. A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. --Hudibras.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dudgeon \Dudg"eon\, n. [W. dygen anger, grudge.]
Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.
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I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility.
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Sir T. Scott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dudgeon \Dudg"eon\, a.
Homely; rude; coarse. [Obs.]
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By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon,
I would not be an ass. --Beau. & Fl.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dudgeon
n : a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the
phrase `in high dudgeon') [syn: high dudgeon]
WordNet (r) 2.0
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "dudgeon":
ferment, fret, fume, fury, high dudgeon, huff, humor, ire, miff,
mood, pet, pique, rage, resentment, snuff, stew, temper, tiff,
umbrage, wrath
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
high dudgeon
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