cud

cud
/kud/, n.
1. the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.
2. Dial. quid1.
3. chew one's or the cud, Informal. to meditate or ponder; ruminate.
[bef. 1000; ME; OE cudu, var. of CWIODU, CWIDU; akin to OHG quiti glue, Skt jatu resin, gum. See QUID1]

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