| Back | scud /skud/ |
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| Front | verb intr. 1. To run or move swiftly. 2. In nautical parlance, to run before a gale with little or no sail set. noun 1. The act of scudding. 2. Clouds, rain, mist, etc. driven by the wind. 3. Low clouds beneath another cloud layer. [Of uncertain origin, possibly from Middle Low German schudden (to shake). Earliest documented use: 1609.] "The moon was bright, but the clouds scudding across kept throwing them [Harry, et al] into darkness." - J.K. Rowling; Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Bloomsbury; 1997. |
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