fud

n. See Fodder, a weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fuddled p. pr. & vb. n. Fuddling ] [ Perh. formed as a kind of dim. of full. Cf. Fuzzle. ] To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I am too fuddled to take care to observe your orders. Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To drink to excess. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A drunkard. [ Colloq. ] Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Prov. F. fuche, feuche, an interj. of contempt. ] A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fudged p. pr. & vb. n. Fudging. ] 1. To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness. N. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To foist; to interpolate. [ 1913 Webster ]

That last “suppose” is fudged in. Foote. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of soft candy composed of sugar or maple sugar, milk, and butter, and often chocolate or nuts, boiled and stirred to a proper consistency. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a term or factor inserted into a calculation to compensate for anticipated errors, or to arbitrarily make the result conform to some desired conclusion. [ PJC ]