SCUD

scud. Scud, n. a small flying cloud, a sudden shower

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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. √159. See Shoot.]] 1. 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. 2. (Naut.) To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread.