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cheved a second time. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. Levit. xi. 3

A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is prepared from certain species of lichen, especially Lecanora tartarea. Ure.

A clown; a low rustic; a dolt. [Obs.] The slavering cudden, propped upon his staff. Dryden.

To She cuddles low beneath the brake; Nor would she stay, nor dares she fly. Prior.

The coalfish (Pollachius carbonarius). [Written also cudden.]

A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon. He getteth him a grievous crabtree cudgel and . . . falls to rating of them as if they were dogs. Bunyan. Cudgel play, a fight or sportive contest with cudgels. -- To cross the cudgels, to fo…

One who beats with a cudgel. [Written also cudgeller.]

A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed.

A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus Sphyræna, sometimes used as food.

A Brazilian tribe of Indians, noted for their use of poisons; - - also called Aymborés.

swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something. The first nautilus that scudded upon the glassy surface of warm primeval oceans. I. Taylor. The wind was high; the vast white clouds scudded over the blue heaven. Beaconsfield.

To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.

A silver coin, and money of account, used in Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different parts, but worth about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth about the same.

One who adulterates or corrupts. [R.] Cudworth.

ing; frightful. -- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. [Archaic] Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth.

To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram. Cudworth.

Resisting blows; hard. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Doubting; skeptical. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming. Cudworth.

Chief; primary; primordial. [Obs.] Cudworth.