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Webster 1913 Edition
Cuddy
1.
An ass; esp., one driven by a huckster or greengrocer.
[Scot.]
2.
Hence: A blockhead; a lout.
Hood.
3.
(Mech.)
A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc.
Knight.
Cud′dy
(k?d′d?)
, Noun.
[Prob. a contraction fr. D.
kajuit
cabin: cf. F.cahute
hut.] (Naut.)
A small cabin: also, the galley or kitchen of a vessel.
Cud′dy
,Noun.
[Scot.; cf. Gael.
cudaig
, cudainn
, or E.cuttlefish
, or cod
, codfish
.] (Zool)
The coalfish (
Pollachius carbonarius
). [Written also
cudden
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Cuddy
CUDDY
, n.1.
In ships, an apartment; a cabin under the poop, or a cook-room. It is applied to different apartments, in different kinds of ships.2.
The cole-fish.Definition 2024
cuddy
cuddy
English
Noun
cuddy (plural cuddies)
- (nautical) a cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck
- a small cupboard or closet
- (Scotland) A donkey, especially one driven by a huckster or greengrocer.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 31:
- folk said the cuddy had bided so long with Pooty that whenever it opened its mouth to give a bit bray it started to stutter.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 31:
- (Britain, mining) A pony that works in a mine.
- (dated) A blockhead; a lout.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Hood to this entry?)
- A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
Etymology 2
From Scots; compare Gaelic cudaig, cudainn, or English cuttlefish, or cod.
Alternative forms
Noun
cuddy (plural cuddies)
- The coalfish (Pollachius carbonarius).