scudding

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scud

1 [skuhd]

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

2 [skuhd]

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)

intr.v. scud·ded, scud·ding, scuds

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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