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Quotation dates: 1804
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CUD, v.1, n.1 Sc. usages.
1. v. To chew the cud (Kcb.10 1941). Found in Eng. in 16th cent., but rare (N.E.D.); still in use in Eng. (s.Not.) dial. (E.D.D.).Wgt. 1804 R. Couper Poems I. 101:
Yet see the oussen a' Deep clad in a' their armour'd strength Come cudding frae the sta'.
2. n. “The sound of cattle chewing the cud” (Mry.1 1925).Wgt. 1804 R. Couper Poems I. 246:
The cud gangs in the byre.
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