Cud

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.


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              Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed,
              and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye
              eat.                                  --Levit. xi. 3
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     2. A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid.
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     3. The first stomach of ruminating beasts. --Crabb.
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     {To chew the cud}, to ruminate; to meditate; used with of;
        as, to chew the cud of bitter memories.
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              Chewed the thrice turned cud of wrath. --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "cud":
     bite, bolus, cavendish, champ, chaw, chew, chewing tobacco, chomp,
     cut plug, eating tobacco, fid, gnash, gob, morsel, mouthful, munch,
     navy, navy plug, nibble, nip, pigtail, quid, snap, swallow,
     tobacco juice, twist