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   Cud (kŭd), n. [AS. cudu, cwudu,cwidu,cweodo, of uncertain origin; cf, G. köder bait, Icel. kviðr womb, Goth. qiþus. Cf. 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.
   
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   Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. Levit. xi. 3
   
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   2. A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid. [Low]
   
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   3. The first stomach of ruminating beasts.  Crabb.
   
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   To chew the cud, to ruminate; to meditate; used with of; as, “to chew the cud of bitter memories”.
   
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   Chewed the thrice turned cud of wrath. Tennyson.
   
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