Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cudden \Cud"den\ (k?d"d'n), n. [For sense 1, cf. Scot. cuddy an
   ass; for sense 2, see 3d {Cuddy}.]
   1. A clown; a low rustic; a dolt. [Obs.]

            The slavering cudden, propped upon his staff.
                                                  --Dryden.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) The coalfish. See 3d {Cuddy}.