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scudding 刮面 刮面 scudding n 1: the act of moving along swiftly ( as before a gale) [ synonym: { scud}, { scudding}] 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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