[duddels given in some Dicts. = duds; but probably a misprint for puddles. 1562Pilkington Exp. Abdiam.Pref. Aa viij, As he that ripes in a dungehyll, is infect with the smell therof..so good men, now searchinge the festerd cankers and riping the stinking duddels of Poperi, for a time smell evil.]