different between scudo vs scud

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scudo (“a crown, a dollar, a shield”), from Latin scutum (“a shield”). Compare the doublets scute, escudo, scutum, and écu.

Noun

scudo (plural scudos or scudoes or scudi)

1. (historical) A silver coin and unit of currency of various Italian states from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
   • 2007, Nancy L. Canepa, translating Giambattista Basile, Tale of Tales, Penguin 2007, p. 46:

     And this was the salvation of his house, for several large chunks of plaster cracked off and inside he discovered a pot full of golden scudos.

2. A former unit of currency in Malta, now the official currency of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
3. (historical) A unit of currency in 19th-century Bolivia, equal to 16 soles.

Anagrams

• docus, doucs

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sc?tum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to cut, split”), an extension of *sek- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sku.do/
• Rhymes: -udo
• Hyphenation: scù?do

Noun

scudo m (plural scudi)

1. shield, specifically:
   1. A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
   2. (by extension) Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
   3. (figuratively) One who protects or defends.
   4. (heraldry) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
   5. (geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
2. (numismatics) Used to designate various monetary units, specifically:
   1. (historical) A gold or silver coin minted in Italy bearing the image of a shield; scudo
   2. (historical, by extension) Any similar coin of non-Italian mintage; écu, escudo
   3. (historical) A silver coin minted in Italy valued at 5 lire. [18th c. – c. 1918]
   4. (historical, Rome) A 5000-lira banknote.
   5. (Rome) A 5-euro banknote.

Derived terms

• levata di scudi (“outcry”)
• scudato
• scudetto
• scudiero
• scudocrociato

Descendants

• ? English: scudo

English

Alternative forms

• skud (dialectal sense only)

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to throw, to shoot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Adjective

scud (comparative more scud, superlative most scud)

1. (slang, Scotland) Naked.

Verb

scud (third-person singular simple present scuds, present participle scudding, simple past and past participle scudded)

1. (intransitive) To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds).
   • 1799, William Wordsworth,The Two-Part Prelude, Book I:

     When scudding on from snare to snare I plied

     My anxious visitation, hurrying on,

     Still hurrying hurrying onward ...

   • 1807 Walter Scott, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. 4, "Cadyow Castle":

     From the thick copse the roebucks bound,

     The startled red-deer scuds the plain […]

   • 1844, Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby, or the New Generation, Chapter XVI:

     The wind was high; the vast white clouds scudded over the blue heaven […]

   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter II:

     During the preceding afternoon a heavy North Pacific fog had blown in […] Scudding eastward from the ocean, it had crept up and over the redwood-studded crests of the Coast Range mountains, […]

2. (transitive, intransitive, nautical) To run, or be driven, before a high wind with no sails set.
3. (Northumbria) To hit or slap.
4. (Northumbria) To speed.
5. (Northumbria) To skim flat stones so they skip along the water.

Translations

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “scud”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Noun

scud (countable and uncountable, plural scuds)

1. The act of scudding.
2. Clouds or rain driven by the wind.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:

     But high above the flying scud and dark-rolling clouds, there floated a little isle of sunlight, from which beamed forth an angel's face […]

3. (uncountable) A loose formation of small ragged cloud fragments (or fog) not attached to a larger higher cloud layer.
   • 2004, US National Weather Service Glossary:

     Small, ragged, low cloud fragments that are unattached to a larger cloud base and often seen with and behind cold fronts and thunderstorm gust fronts. Such clouds generally are associated with cool moist air, such as thunderstorm outflow.

4. A gust of wind.
5. (Bristol) A scab on a wound.
6. A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.
7. Any swimming amphipod.
8. A swift runner.
9. A form of garden hoe.
10. A slap; a sharp stroke.
11. (slang, uncountable, Scotland) Pornography.
12. (slang, uncountable, Scotland) The drink Irn-Bru.

    a bottle of scud

Derived terms

• scud run

Synonyms

• (cloud): pannus or fractus

Translations

Anagrams

• CDUs, UCSD, cuds