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chew one's cud

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cud

  [kuhd]
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–noun
1. the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
2. Dialect. quid 1 .
—Idiom
3. chew one's or the cud, Informal. to meditate or ponder; ruminate.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE cudu, var. of cwiodu, cwidu; akin to OHG quiti glue, Skt jatu resin, gum. See quid 1
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Main Entry: cud
Pronunciation: 'k&d, 'kud
Function: noun
: food brought up into the mouth by a ruminating animal from its first stomach to be chewedagain
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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cud   (kŭd)  Pronunciation Key 
Food that has been partly digested and brought up from the first stomach to the mouth again for further chewing by ruminants, such as cattle and sheep.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
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