Scudded

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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            The first nautilus that scudded upon the glassy
            surface of warm primeval oceans.      --I. Taylor.
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            The wind was high; the vast white clouds scudded
            over the blue heaven.                 --Beaconsfield.
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   2. (Naut.) To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale,
      with little or no sail spread.
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