cud
noun
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Pronunciation: /kʌd/ / /kʊd/
noun
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”).
- The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time.
verb
Etymology: Shortened form of could.
- Eye dialect spelling of could.
“'Twas the anchor-ice comin' up. To the right, to the lift, as far as iver a man cud see, the water was covered with the same.”