Category:Scud

Scud, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scudded; p. pr. & vb. n. Scudding.] Etym: [dan. skyde to shoot, shove, push, akin to skud shot, gunshot, a Shoot, young bough, and to e. shoot. sq. root159. 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.)

Defn: to be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or No sail spread.

Scud Scud, v. t.

Defn: to pass over quickly. [r.] Shenstone.

Scud Scud, n.

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. (zoöl.)

Defn: a small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock. [prov. Eng.]

5. (zoöl.)

Defn: any swimming amphipod crustacean. Storm scud. See the note Under cloud.