What Is Meant by Cudbear?

: a reddish coloring matter from lichens.

What is a Cudbear?

Cudbear, violet, red, or bluish dyestuff, considered similar to orchil and used in colouring pharmaceuticals; also any colour obtained from this dye. Cudbear is also the common name for the lichens (Ochrolechia, Roccella, Lecanora) from which the dye is derived.

What does it mean to cudgel?

Definition of cudgel (Entry 2 of 2) transitive verb. : to beat with or as if with a cudgel. cudgel one's brains. : to think hard (as for a solution to a problem)