Cud
Cud (kud) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon cudu, cwudu,cwidu,cweodo, of uncertain origin; cf, German koder bait, Icelandic kvier womb, Gothic qiþus. Compare 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.
2.
A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid. [Low]
3.
The first stomach of ruminating beasts. — Crabb
Chewed the thrice turned cud of wrath.
Collocations (1)
To chew the cud , to ruminate; to meditate; used with of; as, to chew the cud of bitter memories.