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† Uds Obs.
Also 7 ud's, udds, udz.
[Minced form of God's, possessive of god n., or of God s' = God save. Cf. ads and od1.]
A form of the name of God common in expletive oaths in the 17th century.
1. In possessive phrases (cf. god n. 14), frequently written as one word, as Ud's blood, Uds bluff, Uds bobblekens, Uds-bows, Uds-bud, Uds-buddikins, etc.
1607Dekker & Webster Northw. Hoe ii. i, *Vds bloud ile laie him crosse vpon his coxcomb next daie.
1664H. Bold Poems 162 They swore Udz niggs, we swore *Udz bluffe.
1681T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens No. 42 (1713) II. 21 *Udds Bobblekens, quoth he, I were wet to the skin.
1684D'Urfey Sev. New Songs 9 *Udsbows, cries my Country-man John, Was ever the like before seen?
1681Otway Soldier's Fort. ii. i, Ah! *udds-bud, they'd..have stript for t'other Bottle. 1689Shadwell Bury F. ii. 19 A very good jest! Udsbud, there's a pair of Gloves of the same mettle, to stop your pretty Mouth.
1740tr. De Mouhy's Fort. Country Maid (1741) I. 59 *Udsbuddikins, were I in Colin's Place, I know what I would do.
1607Dekker & Webster Westw. Hoe v. iii, *Vds Daggers? cannot sinne be set a shore once in a raigne vpon your Country quarters, but it must haue fidling? 1821Scott Kenilw. iii, Uds daggers! I tell thee, man, mine own stock of assurance was too small to trade upon.
1607Dekker & Webster Westw. Hoe iv. ii, *Vds death speake, or ile kil thee. 1702Vanbrugh False Friend ii. i, Keep a woman honest? Udsdeath! I'd as soon undertake to keep Portocarero honest! 1854H. Ainsworth Flitch of Bacon i. v. 43 ‘Uds⁓death! I wish he hadn't arrested him here,’ the landlord said.
1698Motteux Quix. (1733) I. 269 *Uds-diggers, quoth Sancho, I know her full well.
a1586Sidney Pansies Penshurst & Wilton vi, Doth she call the faith of man In question? nay, *'uds foot, she loves thee than. 1608Day Hum. out of Br. iv. iii, Vdsfoot, your iaylor, my lord. 1623Webster Devil's Law-Case iv. ii, Vd's foot, we are spoyled. 1630Dekker 2nd Pt. Honest Wh. iv. i, Vds foot, Giue me some meate.
1676D'Urfey Madam Fickle iii. i, *Udshash! I'd like to have spoil'd all, I took him for a Morrice-Dancer.
1614J. Cooke Greene's Tu Quoque E 1 b, *Vdslid, I'le not be out-brau'd. Ibid., Vdslid, I am gleek't this time.
Ibid. H 3 b, *Vds'life, this is excellent: now she talkes. 1706Vanbrugh Mistake i. 92 Udslife! Sir! attack her with a fiddle!
1611Middleton & Dekker Roaring Girl ii. ii, *Vds light the tide's against me. 1618N. Field Amends for Ladies i. (1639) B 2 b, Vd'slight whats the matter, wring him by the nose. 1632Massinger & Field Fatal Dowry ii. ii, Vd's-light, enioy your wishes.
1680Dryden Limberham iv. i, Saint. *Uds Niggers, but I will... Wood. Uds Niggers, I confess, is a very dreadful Oath. 1664*Uds nigs [see Uds bluff above]. 1719D'Urfey Pills IV. 96 Uds nigs, quoth I, what a Kirk beth' here.
1614J. Cooke Greene's Tu Quoque B 2 b, *Vds pitty! unbutton man, thou'lt stifle her else.
1613Beaum. & Fl. Honest Man's Fort. ii. iv, *Udsprecious, we have lost a brother. 1821Scott Kenilw. iv, Uds precious! madam, what make you here out of bounds?
1611Middleton & Dekker Roaring Girl iv. ii. K ij, *Vds so Mol, where's that Trapdore? 1659Lady Alimony ii. i. B iij b, Uds so, will their dainty fingers tug in Alume work? 1695Congreve Love for L. i. vi, Udso that's true, Mr. Valentine, I love Mirth, but Business must be done.
1697Vanbrugh Relapse v. v, *Udsookers! they set my old blood a-fire! 1777Sheridan Trip Scarb. v. ii, Udzookers! Now six words more, and I'll forgive them directly.
1611Middleton & Dekker Roaring Girl iv. ii. I iij, *Vd' soule do but name that rascall.
1697Vanbrugh Relapse iii. v, *Udswoons! I'll give my wench a wedding-dinner.
1698― æsop ii. 457 ‘*Udzwooks!’ quoth he, ‘With all your meat, I will maintain a dish of pease..Is much a better treat’. 1721Amherst Terræ Fil. No. 44 (1726) 236 Udzooks, I believe 'tis the hugest varsity alive.
2. In Uds me, uds my life: see god n. 8 b.
1635[Glapthorne] Lady Mother iv. i. in Bullen O. Pl. (1883) II. 169 Udsme, my lady! 1668Dryden Maiden Queen v. i, Uds my life! here's the queen's music just going to us. 1702Farquhar Inconstant ii. ii, Uds my life—here's one. |