Cuddle
(Cud"dle) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cuddled (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cuddling (- dling).] [Prob. for
couthle, fr. couth known; cf. OE. kuþþen to cuddle, or cuðlechen to make friends with. SeeCouth, Uncouth,
Can.] To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.
She cuddles low beneath the brake;
Nor would she stay, nor dares she fly.
Prior.
Cuddle
(Cud"dle), v. t. To embrace closely; to fondle. Forby.
Cuddle
(Cud"dle), n. A close embrace.
Cuddy
(Cud"dy) n. [See Cudden. ]
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.
Cuddy
(Cud"dy) n. [Prob. a contraction fr. D. kajuit cabin: cf. F. cahute hut.] (Naut.) A small cabin: also,
the galley or kitchen of a vessel.
Cuddy
(Cud"dy), n. [Scot.; cf. Gael. cudaig, cudainn, or E. cuttlefish, or cod, codfish.] (Zoöl) The
coalfish [Written also cudden.]
Cudgel
(Cudg"el) n. [OE. kuggel; cf. G. keule club kugel ball, or perh. W. cogyl cudgel, or D. cudse,
kuds, cudgel.] A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence,
any heavy stick used as a weapon.
He getteth him a grievous crabtree cudgel and . . . falls to rating of them as if they were dogs.
Bunyan.
Cudgel play, a fight or sportive contest with cudgels. — To cross the cudgels, to forbear or give up
the contest; — a phrase borrowed from the practice of cudgel players, who lay one cudgel over another
when the contest is ended. — To take up cudgels for, to engage in a contest in behalf of (some one
or something).
Cudgel
(Cudg"el), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cudgeled or Cudgelled (-ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cudgeling or cudgelling.]
To beat with a cudgel.
An he here, I would cudgel him like a dog.
Shak.
To cudgel one's brains, to exercise one's wits.
Cudgeler
(Cudg"el*er) n. One who beats with a cudgel. [Written also cudgeller.]
Cudweed
(Cud"weed`) n. [Apparently fr. cud + weed, but perh. a corruption of cottonweed; or of cut
weed, so called from its use as an application to cuts and chafings.] (Bot.) A small composite plant
with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to
many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed.
Cue
(Cue) n. [ OF. coue, coe, F. queue, fr. L. coda, cauda, tail. Cf. Caudal, Coward, Queue.]
1. The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
2. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to
speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword.
When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer.
Shak.
