Cudden \Cud"den\ (k?d"d'n), n. [For sense 1, cf. Scot. cuddy an ass; for sense 2, see 3d {Cuddy}.] 1. A clown; a low rustic; a dolt. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The slavering cudden, propped upon his staff. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) The coalfish. See 3d {Cuddy}. [1913 Webster]
Cuddy \Cud"dy\, n. [Scot.; cf. Gael. cudaig, cudainn, or E.cuttlefish, or cod, codfish.] (Zool) The coalfish ({Pollachius carbonarius}). [Written also {cudden}.] [1913 Webster]