cud

Etymology 1

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

noun

1. The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.

verb

1. (transitive) To bring back into the mouth and chew a second time.
   […] although the wagon wheels perpetually flung up rivers of red sand, and she travelled in a column of whirling ruddy dust, the sweet perfumes of newly cudded grass mingled with it, mile after mile, as if the four-divided stomachs of the great oxen were filled with nothing but concentrated memories of hours of grazing along the water heavy vleis. 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, HarperCollins, published 2009, Part One, Chapter Two

Etymology 2

Shortened form of could.

verb

1. (nonstandard, informal) Alternative form of could