Dudgeon

[W.dygen.] Inward anger or resentment; sullenne ; concealed malice or ill-will; discord. "Civil dudgeon first grew high."-Butler. Dudevant, MADAME. See SAND, (GEORGES.) Dudley, (dud'le,) EDMUND, an English minister of state under Henry VII., в. 1462, executed with Empson at the commencement of the following reign, 1510. - His son, JOHN, DUKE OF NORTH UMBER LAND, B. 1502, was the father of Lord Guilford Dudley, whom he married to Lady Jane Grey, (q. v.) He was executed for treason, 1553. - АмBROSE, another son of the Duke, в. 1530, was called the " Good Earl of Warwick." D. 1589. - ROBERT, his fifth Bon, see LEICESTER, (EARL OF.) - SIR ROBERT, son of the last-named, and of the Lady Douglas, B. 1573, was cele brated for his skill in hydraulic engineering. D. 1630. Dudley, in England, an important town in the co. of Worcester, 8% m. W. by N. of Birmingham. Manuf . Nails, flint gla , and iron implements. Mining, smelting ore, and quarrying limestone are extensively carried on. Pop . 49,778. Dudley, in Illinois, a post-village of Edgar co., abt. 27 m. N.N.W. of Terre Haute. Dudley, in Indiana, a thriving township of Henry county. -A village of Jackson co., abt. 60 m. S. by E.of Indianapolis. Dudley, in Iowa , a village of Mitchell co., abt. 57 m. N.N.W. of Cedar Falls. -A village of Polk co., on the Des Moines River, abt. 10 m. below Fort Des Moines. Dudley, in Ma achusetts, a post-town of Worcester co., about 50. m. S.W. of Boston. Pop . (1897) abt. 3,100. Dud'ley, in Mi ouri , a post-office of Stoddard co. Dudley, in N. Carolina , a post-village of Wayne co., abt. 76 m. N. of Wilmington. Dudley, in Ohio, a village and township of Hard in co., abt. 60 m. N.W. of Columbus, Dudley, in Pennsylvania , a P. O. of Hunting don co. Dudleytown, in Indiana , a post-village of Jackson co., abt. 78 m. S. by E. of Indianapolis. Dudleyville, in Alabama, a village of Tall a poos a co., abt. 150 m. E.S.E. of Tuscaloosa. Dud'ley ville, in Illinois , a post-office of Bond co. Duds, n. pl. Cast-off garments; old clothes; -sometimes used, in a colloquial and vulgar sense, for wearing apparel in general. Due, ( dū ,) a. [Fr. dû , pp. of devoir ; Lat. debio , debit as , to owe-de, and habeo , to have. See HAVE.] Owed; owing; that ought to be paid or done to another; as, there is twenty dollars due to him, to pay due respect, . - Proper; fit; appropriate; suitable; becoming; as, I shall apply it to its due purpose. - Seasonable; exact; that ought to have arrived, or to be present, before the time specified; as, a bill due four months after date, he is due by the next mail, . "Eve within, due at her hour, prepared for dinner."- Milton . -adv. Directly; straightly; exactly; duly; as, a ship heading due South. -n. That which is owed or owing; that which one contracts to pay, do, or perform for another; that which law or justice requires to be paid or done; that which office, rank, station, social relations, or established rules of right or decorum require to be given, paid, or done; that which is demanded by legal or moral right; as, give every man his due . "The due of honour in no point omit."-Shaks. -Right; just title; proper claim. Due'-bill, n. (Law.) An acknowledgment of a debt in writing. It differs from a promi ory note in many particulars. It is not payable to order, nor is it a ignable by mere indorsement. Du'el, n. [Fr., from Lat. duellum , L. Lat. duellium from duo , two: It. duello .] A premeditated combat between two persons, for the purpose of deciding some private difference, or establishing some real or fanciful point of honor; a single combat;-hence, any duality of personal contention, contest, or competition. - See DUELLING. -v. n. or a. To meet as foes, and engage in single combat. "He might have been genteelly duelled into another world." South. Duel, in Michigan , a post-office of Bay co., about 25 m. N.W. of Bay City.