Scud

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To pass over quickly.

II. Scud ·noun A slight, sudden shower.

III. Scud ·noun Any swimming amphipod crustacean.

IV. Scud ·noun Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind.

V. Scud ·noun A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.

VI. Scud ·noun The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation.

VII. Scud ·vi To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something.

VIII. Scud ·vi To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread.

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