1. Noun
The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made.
2. Noun
The haft of a dagger.
3. Noun
A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger.
4. Noun
Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.
5. Adjective
Homely; rude; coarse.
6. Noun
a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase ‘in high dudgeon’)
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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