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A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry. Doggerel like that of Hudibras. Addison. The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers. Macaulay.

The quality or rank of a don, gentleman, or knight. Hudibras.

To fall suddenly into water. Hudibras.

n the ground; to become wet or dirty by being dragged or trailed in the mud or wet grass. Hudibras.

A slut; a vagabond wench. Same as Drossel. [Obs.] Hudibras.

To feed, attend, and bring up without the breast. Hudibras.

A blow. [R.] Hudibras.

A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. Hudibras.

; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural. March slowly on in solemn dump. Hudibras. Doleful dumps the mind oppress. Shak. I was musing in the midst of my dumps. Bunyan.

To lay open; to expose to view; to examine. [Obs.] He expounded both his pockets. Hudibras.

st heartily well to fare. Robynson (More's Utopia). So fared the knight between two foes. Hudibras.

far, or brought about with studious care; a deep strategem. [Obs.] "Politic farfetches." Hudibras.

A trifle. [Low] Hudibras.

A stupid or insignaficant fellow; a fool; a simpleton. [R.] Hudibras.

or a signed document. That paltry story is untrue, And forged to cheat such gulls as you. Hudibras. Forged certificates of his . . . moral character. Macaulay.

A fragment; a shred; a small piece. And cut whole giants into fritters. Hudibras. Corn fritter. See under Corn.

t of little value. -- To fret the gizzard, to harass; to vex one's self; to worry. [Low] Hudibras. -- To stick in one's gizzard, to be difficult of digestion; to be offensive. [Low]

running commentary. All this, without a gloss or comment, He would unriddle in a moment. Hudibras. Explaining the text in short glosses. T. Baker.

European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (L. fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (L. hæmastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin.

To roll the eyes; to stare. And wink and goggle like an owl. Hudibras.