DUDGEON

dudgeon. Dudgeon, n. a small dagger, ill-will, malice

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Dudg″eon (?), n. 1. 1. The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made. Gerarde (1597).
2. 2. The haft of a dagger. Shak.
3. 3. A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. Hudibras.