Define Scud using "exact" search strategy.
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| Source: gcide | 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. [root]159. See {Shoot}.] 1. To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something. [1913 Webster]
The first nautilus that scudded upon the glassy surface of warm primeval oceans. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
The wind was high; the vast white clouds scudded over the blue heaven. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster]
2. (Naut.) To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread. [1913 Webster]
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| Source: gcide | Scud \Scud\, v. t. To pass over quickly. [R.] --Shenstone. [1913 Webster]
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| Source: gcide | Scud \Scud\, n. 1. The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation. [1913 Webster]
2. Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind. [1913 Webster]
Borne on the scud of the sea. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
The scud was flying fast above us, throwing a veil over the moon. --Sir S. Baker. [1913 Webster]
3. A slight, sudden shower. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. [1913 Webster]
4. (Zool.) A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
5. (Zool.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean. [1913 Webster]
{Storm scud}. See the Note under {Cloud}. [1913 Webster]
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