cud

cud
cud (n.) O.E. cudu "cud," earlier cwudu, common Germanic (Cf. O.N. kvaða "resin," O.H.G. quiti "glue," Ger. Kitt "putty"); perhaps from PIE root *gwet- "resin, gum."

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