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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
scud1       [skuhd] Pronunciation Key verb, scud·ded, scud·ding, noun
–verb (used without object)
1.to run or move quickly or hurriedly.
2.Nautical. to run before a gale with little or no sail set.
3.Archery. (of an arrow) to fly too high and wide of the mark.
–noun
4.the act of scudding.
5.clouds, spray, or mist driven by the wind; a driving shower or gust of wind.
6.low-drifting clouds appearing beneath a cloud from which precipitation is falling.
[Origin: 1525–35; < MLG schudden to shake]
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scud2       [skuhd] Pronunciation Key verb, scud·ded, scud·ding, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to cleanse (a trimmed and roughly depilated skin or hide) of remaining hairs or dirt.
–noun
2.the hairs or dirt removed by scudding.
[Origin: 1635–45; perh. to be identified with obs. scud dirt < ?]
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scud       (skŭd)  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   scud·ded, scud·ding, scuds
  1. To run or skim along swiftly and easily: dark clouds scudding by.
  2. Nautical To run before a gale with little or no sail set.

n.  
  1. The act of scudding.
    1. Wind-driven clouds, mist, or rain.
    2. A gust of wind.
    3. Ragged low clouds, moving rapidly beneath another cloud layer.


[Possibly from Middle English scut, rabbit, rabbit's tail; see scut1.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
scud  (v.)
"to move quickly," 1532, perhaps a variant of M.E. scut "rabbit, rabbit's tail," in reference to its movements, perhaps from O.N. skjota "to throw, shoot" (cf. Norw. skudda "to shove, push"), but there are phonetic difficulties. Perhaps rather from a N.Sea Gmc. source akin to M.L.G., M.Du. schudden "to shake." The noun meaning "type of ballistic missile" is the NATO reporting name for a type of Soviet missile introduced in the 1960s.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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scud

noun
1. the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) 

verb
1. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" [syn: dart] 
2. run before a gale 

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Scud

Scud\, v. 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. [root]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.

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Scud

Scud\, v. t. To pass over quickly. [R.] --Shenstone.

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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. (Zo["o]l.) A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock. [Prov. Eng.]

5. (Zo["o]l.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean.

Storm scud. See the Note under Cloud.

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