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Look up: gudgeon

  1. Gudgeon
    The gudgeon (Gobio) is a freshwater fish found in Europe and north Asia. It belongs to the carp family (Cyprinidae) and has short dorsal and anal fins without spines. On each side of the mouth is a small barbel.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. gudgeon
    [n] - small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Gudgeon
    Part of a rudder hinge witha hole to take the pintle.
    Found on http://www.go-sail.co.uk/dglossg.asp

  4. Gudgeon
    ring part of a rudder fitting into which pintle fits
    Found on http://www.dinghysailinguk.co.uk/sailing

  5. Gudgeon
    Gud'geon (gŭj'ŭn) noun [ Middle English gojon , French goujon , from Latin gobio , or gobius , Greek kwbio`s Confer 1st Goby . ] 1. (Zoology) A small European freshwater fish ( Gobio fluviatilis ), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are o ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/64

  6. Gudgeon
    Gud'geon transitive verb To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon. [ R.] « To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been given you.» Sir IV. Scott.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/64

  7. gudgeon
    1. <zoology> A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons. ... 2. What may be got without skill or merit. 'Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool gudgeon, this opinion.' (Shak) ... 3. ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. gudgeon
    noun small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Gudgeon
    In general, a `gudgeon` is a circular fitting, often made of metal, which is fixed onto some surface. It allows for the pivoting of another fixture. It is generally used with a pintle, which is a male type of hinge pin which pivots in the hole in the gudgeon. As such, a gudgeon is a simple bearing. In engines, a `gudgeon pin` joins the small end of a connecting rod to a piston or crosshead. In sailing, `gudgeons` nest in pintles and are either ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudgeon

  10. Gudgeon
    • (n.) What may be got without skill or merit. • (v. t.) To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon. • (n.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal. • (...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. gudgeon
    (species Gobio gobio), common small fish of the carp family, Cyprinidae, found in clear, fresh waters of Europe and northern Asia. A grayish or ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/78


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