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Gudgeon \Gud"geon\ (g[u^]j"[u^]n), n. [OE. gojon, F. goujon,
from L. gobio, or gobius, Gr. kwbio`s Cf. {1st Goby}. ]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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. A person easily duped or cheated. --Swift.

4. (Mach.) 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.

6. (Naut.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to
receive the pintle of the rudder.

{Ball gudgeon}. See under {Ball}.