CUDGEL
\kˈʌd͡ʒə͡l], \kˈʌdʒəl], \k_ˈʌ_dʒ_əl]\
Definitions of CUDGEL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A short thick stick of wood.
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To beat with a cudgel; to beat. To cross the cudgels, to give up the contest, as beaten. To take up the cudgels, to strike in and fight. Cudgel-proof, able to resist a cudgel, or not easily frightened by a beating.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
