To think, to meditate upon some subject; properly, “to chew the cud” (Latin, ruʹmino).
“To chew the cud of sweet and bitter fancy.”—Milton.
“On a flowery bank he chews the cud.”—Dryden.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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