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Webster 1913 Edition
Cud
Cud
(kŭd)
, Noun.
[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 memoriesChewed the
thrice turned cud
of wrath. Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cud
CUD
,Noun.
1.
The food which ruminating animals chew at leisure, when not grazing or eating; or that portion of it which is brought from the first stomach and chewed at once.2.
A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed.3.
The inside of the mouth or throat of a beast that chews the cud.