'CUD' definitions:

Definition of 'cud'

noun

Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again [syn: cud, rechewed food]

noun

A wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad]

From: GCIDE

Cud \Cud\ (k[u^]d), n. [AS. cudu, cwudu,cwidu,cweodo, of uncertain origin; cf, G. k["o]der bait, Icel. kvi[eth]r womb, Goth. qi[thorn]us. 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. [1913 Webster]
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. --Levit. xi. 3 [1913 Webster]
2. A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid. [Low] [1913 Webster]
3. The first stomach of ruminating beasts. --Crabb. [1913 Webster]
To chew the cud, to ruminate; to meditate; used with of; as, to chew the cud of bitter memories. [1913 Webster]
Chewed the thrice turned cud of wrath. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]