Scud /(skŭd)/

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.

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

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

1. To pass over quickly. [R.]

1. The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation.
2. 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.

3. A slight, sudden shower. [Prov. Eng.]
4. A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock. (Zool.) [Prov. Eng.]
5. Any swimming amphipod crustacean. (Zool.)