Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scudding"
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) 1.7 (wn)
scudding
n : the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) [syn: {scud}]
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