CUDGELED
Verb
cudgeled
simple past tense and past participle of cudgel
Source: Wiktionary
CUDGEL
Cudg"el (kj"l), n. Etym: [OE. kuggel; cf. G. keule club (with a round
end), kugel ball, or perh. W. cogyl cudgel, or D. cudse, kuds,
cudgel.]
Definition: A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and
wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon.
He getteth him a grievous crabtree cudgel and . . . falls to rating
of them as if they were dogs. Bunyan.
Cudgel play, a fight or sportive contest with cudgels.
– To cross the cudgels, to forbear or give up the contest; -- a
phrase borrowed from the practice of cudgel players, who lay one
cudgel over another when the contest is ended.
– To take up cudgels for, to engage in a contest in behalf of (some
one or something).
Cudg"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cudgeled or Cudgelled (-; p. pr. & vb.
n. Cudgeling or cudgelling.]
Definition: To beat with a cudgel.
An he here, I would cudgel him like a dog. Shak.
To cudgel one's brains, to exercise one's wits.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition