Dictionary entry

Cudden

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

The slavering cudden, propped upon his staff.

Dryden.

2. (Zoöl.) The coalfish. See 3d Cuddy.