quiddern.
/ˈkwɪdə/, U.S. /ˈkwɪdər/ rare.
An animal which habitually lets food drop from its mouth when half chewed. Cf. quid v.2 2.
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quidder1842
1842 W. C. Spooner White's Compend. Vet. Art (ed. 17) xxxix. 196 This animal was what dealers term a quidder, for the muscles of deglutination were at last so affected that he was incapable of swallowing.
1886 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. ii. 761/3 Quidder, a very old horse, which lets the hay or grass fall which he has half chewed.
1907 W. J. Clarke Mod. Sheep 325 When a sheep habitually drops a small ball or wad of partially masticated food from its mouth it is said by shepherds to be a ‘quidder’.
1923 H. A. Vachell Yard viii. 145 Could you spot a horse that suffered from vertigo, which only shows itself periodically, or a ‘quidder’ with imperfect teeth, fattened up on soft food?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
quidderadv.
/ˈkwɪdə/, U.S. /ˈkwɪdər/, Scottish English /ˈkwɪdər/ Scottish (Shetland). rare.
Only in quick and quidder: quickly, forthwith (esp. of disappearance).
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1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 88 Quick-and-Quidder, swiftly, quickly.
1928 J. Jakobsen Etymol. Dict. Norn Lang. in Shetland I. 359/2 Hwider, in the phrase ‘hwikk and h[wider]’, suddenly and completely disappeared, lost.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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