CUDDIES

Noun

cuddies

plural of cuddy

Anagrams

• cisdude

Source: Wiktionary


CUDDY

Cud"dy (-d), n. Etym: [See Cudden. ]

1. An ass; esp., one driven by a huckster or greengrocer. [Scot.]

2. Hence: A blockhead; a lout. Hood.

3. (Mech.)

Definition: A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc. Knight.

Cud"dy (kd"d), n. Etym: [Prob. a contraction fr. D. kajuit cabin: cf. F.cahute hut.] (Naut.)

Definition: A small cabin: also, the galley or kitchen of a vessel.

Cud"dy, n. Etym: [Scot.; cf. Gael. cudaig, cudainn, or E.cuttlefish, or cod, codfish.] (Zoöl)

Definition: The coalfish (Pollachius carbonarius). [Written also cudden.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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