cud

/kʌd/

cud

English Noun

Definition

The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time.

Etymology

From Middle English code, cudde, coude, quede, quide, from Old English cudu, cwidu, from Proto-West Germanic *kwidu, from Proto-Germanic *kweduz (“resin”). Doublet of quid (“material for chewing”). Cognate with German Kitt and Sanskrit जतु (jatu, “lac, gum”).