gudgeon

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From Time Magazine Archive

Roberval, like a fool gudgeon, caught at the bait, and had in his own mind fully decided to try the venture.

From Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier by Marquis, T. G.

A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

There in the cell you blamed me for behaving disrespectfully just because I spoke of eating gudgeon, Pyotr Alexandrovitch.

From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Let the lever, used in the last experiment, be turned in such a manner as to reach from its gudgeon to the shaft of the Panorganon, guided by an attendant lever as before.

From Practical Education, Volume II by Edgeworth, Maria