- 1. n. The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made. Source: opted
- 2. n. The haft of a dagger. Source: opted
- 3. n. A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. Source: opted
- 4. n. Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure. Source: opted
- 5. a. Homely; rude; coarse. Source: opted
- 6. n. a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase ‘in high dudgeon’) Source: wordnet
- 7. 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. Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure. I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility. Sir T. Scott. Homely; rude; coarse. [Obs.] By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon, I would not be an ass. Beau. & Fl. Source: webster
- 8. Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility.Sir T. Scott. Source: adambom
- 9. n:100 n. a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon') Source: ecdict
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