Cud"dy (-d?), n. [See Cudden. ] 1. An ass; esp., one driven by a huckster or greengrocer. [Scot.]

2. Hence: A blockhead; a lout. Hood.

3. (Mech.) A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc. Knight.

Cud"dy (k?d"d?), n. [Prob. a contraction fr. D. kajuit cabin: cf. F. cahute hut.] (Naut.) A small cabin: also, the galley or kitchen of a vessel.

Cud"dy, n. [Scot.; cf. Gael. cudaig, cudainn, or E. cuttlefish, or cod, codfish.] (Zoöl) The coalfish (Pollachius carbonarius). [Written also cudden.]