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noun

Scud n.

The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation.

Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind. "Borne on the scud of the sea." "The scud was flying fast above us, throwing a veil over the moon."

A slight, sudden shower. (Prov. Eng.)

(Zool.) A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock. (Prov. Eng.)

(Zool.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean.

Storm scud. See the Note under Cloud.

verb

Scud v. t. To pass over quickly. (R.)

Scud v. i. (past & past part. scudded; pres. part. scudding)

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." "The wind was high; the vast white clouds scudded over the blue heaven."

(Naut.) To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread.

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"Scud" Quotes from Famous Books

... some small gray scud, floating lower, ran past the far-away cirrus, Abel would add with a quaint seriousness, "'Tis the sheep- dog. How ...

— Jan of the Windmill • Juliana Horatia Ewing

... a fine flying scud that whipped stingingly over the side had driven most of the passengers on the Atlantic to the shelter of their staterooms or to the warm stuffiness of the library. It was the fifth evening of the voyage. For five days and four nights the ship had been racing through a placid ocean on her way ...

— Piccadilly Jim • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

... over his shoulder upward at the moon, which a flying scud of cloud had momentarily veiled. Peter, who had sat down again, glanced ...

— Captivating Mary Carstairs • Henry Sydnor Harrison

... now in louder peals, the loaded winds Bring on the gathering storm, her fears prevail; And o'er the plain, and o'er the mountain's ridge, 220 Away she flies; nor ships with wind and tide, And all their canvas wings, scud half so fast. Once more, ye jovial train, your courage try, And each clean courser's speed. We scour along, In pleasing hurry and confusion tossed; Oblivion to be wished. The patient pack Hang on the scent unwearied, up they climb, ...

— The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase • Joseph Addison, John Gay, William Sommerville

... of a clock, he strove to answer the oppressing shape threatening him. And his fingers lingeringly revolved the lamp-screw with its brass and bevelled-edge. If only some gust of resolution would arise like the sudden scud of the squall that whitens far-away level summer seas, and drive forth pampered procrastinations! Then might his fingers become flexile, his mind untied. Poor, drab seconds that fooled with eternity and supped on vain courage as ...

— Melomaniacs • James Huneker

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