dudgeon (1), dudgin

& a. [Etym. unknown.] A. As substantive: 1. The root of the box-tree, apparently because it is curiously marked. "Turners and cutlers, if I mistake not the matter, doe call this wood dudgeon , wherewith they make dudgeon . hafted daggers."-Gerarde: Herball , p. 1410. 2. The haft or handle of a dagger. "On thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood." Shakesp.: Macbeth, ii. 1. IMG:content-0619.png:[blocks in formation] Beaum. & Flet.: Captain, ii. 1. Xenophon, exist ph = f. due düe, *dewe, duwe, a ., adv. & s. [O. Fr. deu masc., deue fem.; Fr. dû , pa. par. of O. Fr. debvoir =Fr. devoir =to owe Lat. debeo .] [DEBT.] A. As adjective: II. Technically : 1560 A sum of money is due. "Three you sand ducats due unto the Jew." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice, iv. 1. 2. Morally owed or owing from one to another; that ought to be paid, redeemed, or done by one to another. "There is due from the judge to the advocate some commendation and gracing, where causes are well handled and fair pleaded."- Bacon. 3. Owing the origin, existence, or cause to, de pendent or consequent on, occasioned or effected by; arising from. (Followed by to .) "The motion of the oily drops may be in part due to some partial solution made by the vinous spirit." -Boyle. 4. Proper, fit, becoming, suitable, appropriate. "To meditation due and sacred song." Thomson: Summer , 70. 5. Right, fit, proper. IMG:content-0620.png:[blocks in formation] 1. That which is owed or owing; that which one ought to pay, render, or perform to or for another of right, custom or contract. "And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due." -Lev . x. 13. 2. Deserts, deservings; as, He has not had his due. *3. Duty; that which one ought to do. "To synge agayne, as was hir due ." Lydgate: Minor Poems, p. 182. *4. An e ential point, matter or custom requiring to be done or attended to. "The due of honor in no point omit." Shakesp.: Cymbeline, iii. 5. IMG:content-0621.png:[blocks in formation] To give the devil his due : To give credit even to the worst of men when they deserve it. due-bill, s . A brief written acknowledgment of indebtedne , differing from a promi ory note in not being payable to order or transferable by mere indorsement. *due-timely, adv . In good time. "Their extreme thirst due-timely to refresh." Sylvester. The Vocation , 1,002. *due, *dew, v . t . [O. Fr. doer , douer , from Lat. do to =to endow.] To endue, to endow. "This is the latest glory of their praise, That I thy enemy due thee withal." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . I., iv. 2. *düe'-fül, *due-full, *dew-full, a. [Eng. due ; •ful( 1 ).] Due, bounden, fit. "All which that day in order seemly good Did on the Thames attend, and waited well To do their due full service, as to them befell." Spenser: F. Q., IV. xi. 44.