An old word for the box-handle of a dirk; it is mentioned by Shakspeare with the blade of the ideal dagger which Macbeth saw before him. It also means offence, anger.
·adj Homely; rude; coarse. II. Dudgeon ·noun The haft of a dagger. III. Dudgeon ·noun A dudgeon-ha...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Anger. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose