dudgeon

5 definitions found

dudgeon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  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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  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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dudgeon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dudgeon
      n 1: a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the
           phrase `in high dudgeon') [syn: dudgeon, high dudgeon]

dudgeon - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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