Dudgeon \Dudg"eon\, a. Homely; rude; coarse. [Obs.]
By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon, I would not be an ass. --Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dudgeon \Dudg"eon\, n.1. The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made. --Gerarde (1597).
2. The haft of a dagger. --Shak.
3. A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. --Hudibras.
Dudgeon \Dudg"eon\, n. [W. dygen anger, grudge.] Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.
I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility.
Sir T. Scott.