Lexic.us

Definition of Cuddy

1. Noun. The galley or pantry of a small ship.

Definition of Cuddy

1. n. An ass; esp., one driven by a huckster or greengrocer.

2. n. A small cabin: also, the galley or kitchen of a vessel.

3. n. The coalfish (Pollachius carbonarius).

Definition of Cuddy

1. Noun. (nautical) a cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck ¹

2. Noun. a small cupboard or closet ¹

3. Noun. (Scotland) A horse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cuddy

1. a donkey [n -DIES] - See also: donkey

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuddy

Literary usage of Cuddy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Ruled at Nisi Prius, in the Courts of King's by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Central Criminal Court (1839)
"If the husband be excluded from the cuddy table, and the wife, not from compulsion, but from a wish to be with her hushand, take tier meals with him in ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1856)
"The plea concluded by stating that by means of all the several premises it was necessary that the plaintiff should be excluded from the cuddy, whereupon the ..."

3. Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices and by Thomas Campbell (1844)
"cuddy. Ah, Lobbin Clout ! I ween my plight For he that loves a stranger is to rest ... cuddy. Begin thy carols then, thou vaunting Be thine the oaken staff, ..."

4. The Poetry of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1897)
"THE COOPER O' cuddy 15? THE COOPER O' cuddy ... We'll hide the cooper behint the door, And cover him under a mawn, O. THE Cooper o' cuddy came here awa, ..."

5. The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1909)
"THE COOPER O' cuddy Tune—" Bab at the ... We'll hide the Cooper behint the door, And cover him under a mawn, O. THE Cooper o' cuddy came here awa, ..."

6. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... cuddy" and "The Autobiography of a Joint Stock Company" are humorously exaggerated sketches of traits popularly supposed by the English to be ..."

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