Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cud"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

cud
n 1: food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again [syn: {rechewed
food}]
2: a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: {chew}, {chaw},
{quid}, {plug}, {wad}]


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