Cudden

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cudden \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.]
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              The slavering cudden, propped upon his staff.


                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. (Zool.) The coalfish. See 3d {Cuddy}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cuddy \Cud"dy\, n. [Scot.; cf. Gael. cudaig, cudainn, or
     E.cuttlefish, or cod, codfish.] (Zool)
     The coalfish ({Pollachius carbonarius}). [Written also
     {cudden}.]
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