cud : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cud	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cud
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cud n food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again [syn: cud, rechewed food] a wad of something chewable as tobacco Synonym(s): chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cud \Cud\ (k[ucr]d), n. [AS. cudu, cwudu,cwidu,cweodo, of uncertain origin; cf, G. k[94]der bait, Icel. kvi[edh]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.