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scudding |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scud \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. [root]159. See {Shoot}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scudding n : the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) [syn: {scud}]
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