Tho origin of the word "dudgeon" in the phrase "high dudgeon" is not known. Its suggested derivation from Welsh "dygcn" (malice or resentment) seems to be historically baseless. There is nothing to connect it with "dudgeon" as used in Macbeth, II.: "I see thee still, and on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, which was not so before." Here dudgeon is the hilt of the dagger. Dudgeon was a kind of wood used by turners, especially for the handles of knives.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 138, 13 June 1934, Page 17
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