cud
/kʌd/ noun, verb
Forms cuds cudding cudded
- noun The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time.
- verb (transitive) To bring back into the mouth and chew a second time.
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Etymology
From Middle English code, cudde, coude, quede, quide, from Old English cudu, cwidu, from Proto-West Germanic *kwidu, from Proto-Germanic *kweduz (“resin”). Doublet of quid (“material for chewing”).
Cognate with German Kitt and Sanskrit जतु (jatu, “lac, gum”).
Shortened form of could.
Webster’s 1913
- That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be cheved a second time.
- A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid. [Low]
Etymology [AS. cudu, cwudu,cwidu,cweodo, of uncertain origin; cf, G. k bait, Icel. kvi womb, Goth. qipus. Cf. Quid.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “cud”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details