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Scud v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scudded; p. pr. & vb. n. Scudding.]
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
n : the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) [syn: scudding]
v 1: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the
yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, flash, shoot]
2: run before a gale [syn: rack]
[also: scudding, scudded]