SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY:SCUD

SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY

SCUD 

PRONUNCIATION:

(skud) 

MEANING:

verb intr.:	1. To run or move swiftly.
	2. In nautical parlance, to run before a gale with little or no sail set.
noun:	1. The act of scudding.
	2. Clouds, rain, mist, etc. driven by the wind.
	3. Low clouds beneath another cloud layer.

ETYMOLOGY:

Of uncertain origin, possibly from Middle Low German schudden (to shake). Earliest documented use: 1609.

USAGE:

"The moon was bright, but the clouds scudding across kept throwing them [Harry et al] into darkness."
J.K. Rowling; Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Bloomsbury; 1997.

Lady Supreme!!!!