D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Cudden

/(k?d"d'n)/ · Cud·den · IPA /ˈkʌdən/
01 n. A clown; a low rustic; a dolt.
  1. 1.
    A clown; a low rustic; a dolt.[Obs.]
    “The slavering cudden, propped upon his staff.” Dryden.
  2. 2.
    The coalfish. See 3d Cuddy.(Zool.) See: Cuddy