1. cud(n = noun.food) rechewed food - food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again;
is a kind of feed, provender
2. cud(n = noun.food) chaw, chew, plug, quid, wad - a wad of something chewable as tobacco;
is a kind of bit, bite, morsel
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." [1913 Webster]
2. A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid. [1913 Webster]
3. The first stomach of ruminating beasts. Crabb. [1913 Webster]
"Chewed the thrice turned cud of wrath." [1913 Webster]
cud, n. half-digested food returned from the first stomach of ruminants to the mouth for further chewing.
Etymology:
OE cwidu, cudu what is chewed, corresp. to OHG kuti, quiti glue