scudded

Verb

scud (third-person singular simple present scuds, present participle scudding, simple past and past participle scudded)

1. (intransitive) To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds).
   • clouds scudding across the sky
2. (ambitransitive) To run, or be driven, before a high wind with few or no sails set.
   • If the Main Topsail should by any accident be split, it will be still necessary to have a lofty Sail set in such a Sea, and the close reefed Topsail singly will be the best to scud under.1835, Darcy Lever, The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor
3. (Northumbria) To hit or slap.
4. (Northumbria) To speed.
5. (Northumbria) To skim flat stones so they skip along the water.
6. To scrape (skins) to remove hair etc. as part of the tanning process.

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