Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PUD'DING, n. [W. poten, what bulges out, a paunch, a pudding; Fr. boudin, a pudding, from bouder, to pout; Ir. boideal; G. and Dan. pudding; Sw. puding. Class Bd.]

1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made, but usually a compound of flower, or meal of maiz, with milk and eggs, sometimes enriched with raisins and called plum-pudding.
2. An intestine. – Shak.
3. An intestine stuffed with meat, &c. now called a sausage.
4. Proverbially, food or victual. Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue. – Prior.