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   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. √159.  See Shoot.]
   To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something.
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   The first nautilus that scudded upon the glassy surface of warm primeval oceans.
   I. Taylor.
   
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   The wind was high; the vast white clouds scudded over the blue heaven.
   Beaconsfield.
   
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   (Naut.) To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread.
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   Scud, v. t. To pass over quickly. [R.]
   Shenstone.
   
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   Scud, n.
   The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation.
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   Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind.
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   Borne on the scud of the sea.
   Longfellow.
   
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   The scud was flying fast above us, throwing a veil over the moon.
   Sir S. Baker.
   
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   A slight, sudden shower. [Prov. Eng.]
   Wright.
   
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   (Zool.) A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock. [Prov. Eng.]
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   (Zool.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean.
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   Storm scud. See the Note under Cloud.
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