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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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cud   (kŭd)   
n.  

  1. Food regurgitated from the first stomach to the mouth of a ruminant and chewed again.

  2. Something held in the mouth and chewed, such as a quid of tobacco.


[Middle English, from Old English cudu.]
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Word Origin & History

cud 
O.E. cudu "cud," earlier cwudu, from PIE base *gwet- "resin, gum."
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Medical Dictionary

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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Abbreviations & Acronyms
CUD
could (shortwave transmission)
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