n. 1. The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made. Gerarde (1597). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The haft of a dagger. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ W. dygen anger, grudge. ] Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure. [ 1913 Webster ]

I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sir T. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Homely; rude; coarse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon,
I would not be an ass. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]