(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:50:48

Cud"den (k?d"d'n), n. [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. Zool.

The coalfish. See 3d Cuddy.

 

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