Cud (kŭd),
n. [AS.
cudu, cwudu,cwidu,cweodo, of uncertain origin; cf, G. köder bait, Icel.
kviðr womb, Goth. qiþus. Cf. Quid.]
1. That portion of food which is
brought up into the mouth by
ruminating animals from their
first stomach, to be chewed a second time.
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and
is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye
eat.
Levit. xi. 3
2. A portion of tobacco held in the mouth
and chewed; a quid. [Low]
3. The first stomach of ruminating beasts. Crabb.
To chew the cud, to ruminate; to meditate; used with of; as, to
chew the cud of bitter memories.
Chewed the thrice turned cud of wrath.
Tennyson.
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