What is "scudded"

Scud \Scud\ (sk[u^]d), 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.

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.

vb. (en-past of: scud)

1. n. the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) [syn: scudding]

2. v. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, flash, shoot]

3. run before a gale [syn: rack]

4. [also: scudding, scudded]

See scud