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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Cūd, n.

noun

n. [A-S. cud, cud, what is chewed, from ceó-wan, to chew. Cf. CHAW, CHEW, and CHUD.] 1. That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, and chewed a second time. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. Levit. xi. 2.

  1. A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid. [Low.]
  2. The inside of the mouth or throat of a beast that chews the cud.