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Webster 1913 Edition
Scud
Scud
(skŭd)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scudded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scudding
.] [Dan.
skyde
to shoot, shove, push, akin to skud
shot, gunshot, a shoot, young bough, and to E. shoot
. √159. See Shoot
.] 1.
To move 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.
2.
(Naut.)
To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread.
Scud
,Verb.
T.
To pass over quickly.
[R.]
Shenstone.
Scud
,Noun.
1.
The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation.
2.
Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind.
Borne on the
scud
of the sea. Longfellow.
The
scud
was flying fast above us, throwing a veil over the moon. Sir S. Baker.
3.
A slight, sudden shower.
[Prov. Eng.]
Wright.
4.
(Zool.)
A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.
[Prov. Eng.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Scud
SCUD
,Verb.
I.
1. In a gereral sense, to be driven or to flee or fly with haste. In seamen's language, to be driven with precipitation before a tempest. This is done with a sail extended on the foremast of the ship, or when the wind is too violent, without any sail set, which is called scudding under bare poles.
2. To run with precipitation; to fly.
SCUD
, n. 1. A low thin cloud, or thin clould driven by the wind.
2. A driving along; a rushing with precipitation.