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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1728-1789

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†CUDEIGH, CUDIEGH, Cudick, Cuddikie, n. "A gift, a bribe; a premium for the use of money" (Lth. 1808 Jam.); "something conferred as a present, in addition to wages" (Dmf. 1825 Jam.2).Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems II. 99:
And mony Thousands have I lent, But sickerly I took good tent, That double Pawns, With a Cudeigh, and ten per Cint Lay in my Hands.Fif. 1746 Dunfermline Regality Ct. Bk. MS. (31 March): 
And further discharges all boatmen from taking or drinking what they call Cudicks on any pretence whatsoever.Ayr. 1789 D. Sillar Poems 99:
At ev'ry rate 'twixt five an' ten, Cudiegh an' int'rest clear.

[O.Sc. cuddeich, cuddich, etc., from 1505, a night's entertainment due from a tenant to his superior, or the equivalent of this in value (D.O.S.T.); "when systematically due . . . the 'Custom of Cuddikie' . . . was restricted to four meals, four times in the year, to the chief and his followers" (Sc. 1892 R. W. Cochran-Patrick Med. Scot. vi.); Gael. cuid, share or part, + oidhche, night, cuid oidhche, a night's lodging (MacLennan).]

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