Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quid \Quid\, n. [Etym. uncertain.]
An English coin, a sovereign. [Slang, Eng.]
They invited him to come to-morrow, . . . and bring
half a quid with him. --Charles
Reade.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quid \Quid\, n. [See {Cud}.]
A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of
tobacco.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quid \Quid\, v. t. (Man.)
To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; --
said of horses. --Youatt.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quid
n 1: the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence
[syn: {British pound}, {pound}, {pound sterling}]
2: a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: {chew}, {chaw},
{cud}, {plug}, {wad}]
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