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Webster 1913 Edition
Gudgeon
Gud′geon
(gŭj′ŭn)
, Noun.
1.
(Zool.)
A small European freshwater fish (
Gobio fluviatilis
), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes
or minnows
are often called gudgeons
. 2.
What may be got without skill or merit.
Fish not, with this melancholy bait,
For this fool
For this fool
gudgeon
, this opinion. Shakespeare
3.
A person easily duped or cheated.
Swift.
4.
(Mach.)
The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.
6.
(Naut.)
A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder.
Ball gudgeon
. See under
Ball
.Gud′geon
,Verb.
T.
To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon.
[R.]
To be
gudgeoned
of the opportunities which had been given you. Sir IV. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gudgeon
GUD'GEON
,Noun.
1.
A person easily cheated or ensnared.2.
A bait; allurement; something to be caught to a man's disadvantage.3.
An iron pin on which a wheel turns.Sea-gudgeon, the black goby or rock fish.