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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. √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 ]

v. t. To pass over quickly. [ R. ] Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Freq. of scud: cf. Scuttle to hurry. ] To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Scudi [ It., a crown, a dollar, a shield, fr. L. scutum a shield. Cf. Scute. ] (Com.) (a) A silver coin, and money of account, used in Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different parts, but worth about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth about the same. (b) A gold coin of Rome, worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. D. schoft shoulder, Goth. skuft hair of the head. Cf. Scruff. ] The back part of the neck; the scruff. [ Prov. Eng. ] Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scuffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scuffing. ] 1. To cause a blemish on the surface of, by scraping against an object; as, he scuffed his shoe on the ground. [ PJC ]

2. To scrape with one's foot; as, he scuffed the chair leg with his shoe. [ PJC ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Scuffed p. pr. & vb. n. Scuffing. ] [ See Scuffle. ] To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Scuffled p. pr. & vb. n. Scuffling ] [ Freq. of scuff, v.i.; cf. Sw. skuffa to push, shove, skuff a push, Dan. skuffe a drawer, a shovel, and E. shuffle, shove. See Shove, and cf. Shuffle. ] 1. To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard. [ 1913 Webster ]

A gallant man had rather fight to great disadvantage in the field, in an orderly way, than scuffle with an undisciplined rabble. Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster ]