puddening

[Prob. from pudding (q. v.).] Nautical : 1. A thick wreath or grommet of matting or oakum tapering toward the ends, and used as a fender. [DOLPHIN, 8. , 11. 6.] 2. A braid of yarns around the ring of an anchor when a hempen hawser is to be bent thereto. půd-děr, s . (The older form of pother .] pŭd-der, v. i. & t. [PUDDER, 8.] A. In trans.: To make a pother, fu , bustle, or tumult; to potter. "Som almost always pudder in the mud." Sylvester: Du Bartas , Fifth day, First week, 172. B. Trans.: To confuse, to bother, to perplex, to embarra . chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; ding, the numbles of a deer; Gael . putag =a pudding; Wel. poten a paunch, a pudding; Corn. pot =a bag, a pudding. Probably from the same root as pad (2), s., pod , podgy .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. An intestine; the gut of an animal. "As sure as his guts are made of puddings."-Shakesp.: Merry Wives, ii. 1. 2. An intestine stuffed with mest, .; a sausage. 3. A kind of food, of a soft or moderately hard consistency, variously compounded, but generally made of flour or other farinaceous substance, with milk and eggs, and sometimes enriched with fruit. 4. Food or victuals generally. II. Naut .: The same as PUDDENING (q. v.). Obvious compounds: Pudding-bag, pudding IMG:content-1707.png:[blocks in formation] pudding-gra , s. Bot.: Pennyroyal (q. v.). pudding-headed, a. Stupid, dull. *pudding-heart, s. A coward. "Go, pudding-heart!" Taylor : 2 Philip Van Artevelde , lii. 1