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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CUDDEN, CUDDY

n.A clown; a low rustic; a dolt. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CUDDEN

Cud "den (kd "d'n ), n. Etym: [For sense 1, cf. Scot. cuddy an ass; for sense 2, see 3d Cuddy. ]

 

1. A clown; a low rustic; a dolt. [Obs. ] The slavering cudden, propped upon his staff. Dryden.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The coalfish. See 3d Cuddy.