[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

scud \scud\, n.
   1. the act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with
      precipitation.
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   2. loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind.
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            borne on the scud of the sea.         --longfellow.
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            the scud was flying fast above us, throwing a veil
            over the moon.                        --sir s.
                                                  baker.
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   3. a slight, sudden shower. prov. eng. --wright.
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   4. zool. a small flight of larks, or other birds, less than
      a flock. prov. eng.
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   5. zool. any swimming amphipod crustacean.
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   storm scud. see the note under cloud.
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see also:
storm scud cloud 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

storm \storm\, n. as. storm; akin to d. storm, g. sturm, icel.
   stormr; and perhaps to gr. ? assault, onset, skr. s? to flow,
   to hasten, or perhaps to l. sternere to strew, prostrate cf.
   stratum. root166.
   1. a violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind,
      rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often,
      a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied
      with wind or not.
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            we hear this fearful tempest sing,
            yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm. --shak.
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   2. a violent agitation of human society; a civil, political,
      or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war;
      violent outbreak; clamor; tumult.
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            i will stir up in england some black storm. --shak.
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            her sister
            began to scold and raise up such a storm. --shak.
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   3. a heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous
      force; violence.
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            a brave man struggling in the storms of fate.
                                                  --pope.
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   4. mil. a violent assault on a fortified place; a furious
      attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by
      scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like.
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   note: storm is often used in the formation of self-explained
         compounds; as, storm-presaging, stormproof,
         storm-tossed, and the like.
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   anticyclonic storm meteor., a storm characterized by a
      central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a
      system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction
      contrary to that cyclonic storms. it is attended by low
      temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often
      by clear sky. called also high-area storm,
      anticyclone. when attended by high winds, snow, and
      freezing temperatures such storms have various local
      names, as blizzard, wet norther, purga, buran,
      etc.

   cyclonic storm. meteor. a cyclone, or low-area storm. see
      cyclone, above.

   magnetic storm. see under magnetic.

   storm-and-stress period a translation of g. sturm und
      drang periode, a designation given to the literary
      agitation and revolutionary development in germany under
      the lead of goethe and schiller in the latter part of the
      18th century.

   storm center meteorol., the center of the area covered by
      a storm, especially by a storm of large extent.

   storm door arch., an extra outside door to prevent the
      entrance of wind, cold, rain, etc.; -- usually removed in
      summer.

   storm path meteorol., the course over which a storm, or
      storm center, travels.

   storm petrel. zool. see stormy petrel, under petrel.
      

   storm sail naut., any one of a number of strong, heavy
      sails that are bent and set in stormy weather.

   storm scud. see the note under cloud.
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   syn: tempest; violence; agitation; calamity.

   usage: storm, tempest. storm is violent agitation, a
          commotion of the elements by wind, etc., but not
          necessarily implying the fall of anything from the
          clouds. hence, to call a mere fall or rain without
          wind a storm is a departure from the true sense of the
          word. a tempest is a sudden and violent storm, such as
          those common on the coast of italy, where the term
          originated, and is usually attended by a heavy rain,
          with lightning and thunder.
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                storms beat, and rolls the main;
                o beat those storms, and roll the seas, in
                vain.                             --pope.
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                what at first was called a gust, the same
                hath now a storm's, anon a tempest's name.
                                                  --donne.
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see also:
stratum anticyclonic storm high-area storm anticyclone blizzard wet norther 
purga buran cyclonic storm cyclone magnetic storm 
magnetic storm-and-stress period storm center storm door storm path 
storm petrel stormy petrel petrel storm sail storm scud 
cloud storm tempest 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cloud \cloud\ kloud, n. prob. fr. as. cl=ud a rock or
   hillock, the application arising from the frequent
   resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks in the sky or
   air.
   1. a collection of visible vapor, or watery particles,
      suspended in the upper atmosphere.
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            i do set my bow in the cloud.         --gen. ix. 13.
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   note: a classification of clouds according to their chief
         forms was first proposed by the meteorologist howard,
         and this is still substantially employed. the following
         varieties and subvarieties are recognized:
      a cirrus. this is the most elevated of all the forms
          of clouds; is thin, long-drawn, sometimes looking like
          carded wool or hair, sometimes like a brush or room,
          sometimes in curl-like or fleecelike patches. it is
          the cat's-tail of the sailor, and the mare's-tail of
          the landsman.
      b cumulus. this form appears in large masses of a
          hemispherical form, or nearly so, above, but flat
          below, one often piled above another, forming great
          clouds, common in the summer, and presenting the
          appearance of gigantic mountains crowned with snow. it
          often affords rain and thunder gusts.
      c stratus. this form appears in layers or bands
          extending horizontally.
      d nimbus. this form is characterized by its uniform
          gray tint and ragged edges; it covers the sky in
          seasons of continued rain, as in easterly storms, and
          is the proper rain cloud. the name is sometimes used
          to denote a raining cumulus, or cumulostratus.
      e cirro-cumulus. this form consists, like the cirrus,
          of thin, broken, fleecelice clouds, but the parts are
          more or less rounded and regulary grouped. it is
          popularly called mackerel sky.
      f cirro-stratus. in this form the patches of cirrus
          coalesce in long strata, between cirrus and stratus.
      g cumulo-stratus. a form between cumulus and stratus,
          often assuming at the horizon a black or bluish tint.
          -- fog, cloud, motionless, or nearly so, lying near
          or in contact with the earth's surface. -- storm
          scud, cloud lying quite low, without form, and driven
          rapidly with the wind.
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   2. a mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling
      vapor. "a thick cloud of incense." --ezek. viii. 11.
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   3. a dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble;
      hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's
      reputation; a cloud on a title.
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   4. that which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect;
      that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or
      depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud
      upon the intellect.
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   5. a great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. "so great a
      cloud of witnesses." --heb. xii. 1.
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   6. a large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the
      head.
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   cloud on a or the title law, a defect of title,
      usually superficial and capable of removal by release,
      decision in equity, or legislation.

   to be under a cloud, to be under suspicion or in disgrace;
      to be in disfavor.

   in the clouds, in the realm of facy and imagination; beyond
      reason; visionary.
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see also:
cirrus cumulus stratus nimbus cirro-cumulus cirro-stratus 
cumulo-stratus fog storm scud cloud on a title 
to be under a cloud in the clouds 

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