Dictionary entry

Cudgel (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.