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noun

Cud n.

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."

A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid. (Low)

The first stomach of ruminating beasts.

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."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cud" Quotes from Famous Books

... wad be a gran' thing, nae doot, an' they wad a' dootless"—with a suspicious glance toward Bill—"rejoice in its erection. But we maun be cautious, an' I wad like to enquire hoo much money a kirk cud be built for, and whaur the ...

— The Sky Pilot • Ralph Connor

... summer sounds and scents seemed to lull me into infinite content. Now I heard a drowsy cluck-cluck from the poultry-yard,—Dame Partlet remonstrating with her lord; then a faint moo from the field where pretty brown-eyed Daisy was chewing the cud; down below they were singing in the little dissenting chapel; sweet shrill voices reached me every now and then. I could hear Nathaniel chanting in a deep bass, as he worked in the back-yard, 'All people that ...

— Uncle Max • Rosa Nouchette Carey

... for in reality it may more properly be said to destroy appetite by the profuse discharge of saliva, which is a powerful dissolving fluid, essential both to appetite and digestion." In the use of the quid, or cud, accidents sometimes happen from swallowing portions, which must needs be very hurtful. Chewers are often taken by surprise, and rather than be detected in the unclean practice, they will, with Spartan fortitude, endure the horrible agonies ...

— The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 • Various

... of contentment is a cow lying in the green grass under a green tree chewing her cud; and this contentment I could realize, give me back the sandy highways and green meadows, my bare feet, ...

— Confessions of Boyhood • John Albee

... hidden, it is painted in the same tones as its background, it is covered with an awning painted to look like grass or earth. I suppose it is only a matter of development before a dummy cow or so is put up to chew the cud ...

— War and the Future • H. G. Wells

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