cud

Noun
Synonyms: rechewed foodchewchawquidplugwad

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed againSynonyms: rechewed food
  2. a wad of something chewable as tobaccoSynonyms: chewchawquidplugwad
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Cud \Cud\ (k[u^]d), n. [AS. cudu, cwudu,cwidu,cweodo, of uncertain origin; cf, G. k["o]der bait, Icel. kvi[eth]r womb, Goth. qi[thorn]us. 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. [1913 Webster]

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.— Levit. xi. 3[1913 Webster]

2.A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid. [Low] [1913 Webster]

3.The first stomach of ruminating beasts. --Crabb. [1913 Webster]

To chew the cud, to ruminate; to meditate; used with of; as, to chew the cud of bitter memories. [1913 Webster]

Chewed the thrice turned cud of wrath.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
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