Vincent Renardias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I'm not on the list, just follow DWN. Just a thought,
> > > but naming something after a missile seems odd.
> >
> > Question is, after what the missile was named ...
>
> Extract from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scud:
>
> "Scud is the NATO reporting name (not an acronym) for a Soviet army
> short-range liquid propellant surface-to-surface ballistic missile, the
> SS-1.
> [...]
> The name "Scud" is also used to refer to an Iraqi modification of the
> same missile."
>
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dict scud
4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scud \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.
[root]159. See {Shoot}.]
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. (Naut.) To be driven swiftly, or to run, before a gale,
with little or no sail spread.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scud \Scud\, v. t.
To pass over quickly. [R.] --Shenstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scud \Scud\, n.
1. The act of scudding; a driving along; a rushing with
precipitation.
2. Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind.
Borne on the scud of the sea. --Longfellow.
The scud was flying fast above us, throwing a veil
over the moon. --Sir S. Baker.
3. A slight, sudden shower. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A small flight of larks, or other birds, less
than a flock. [Prov. Eng.]
5. (Zo["o]l.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean.
{Storm scud}. See the Note under {Cloud}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
scud
n : the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) [syn:
{scudding}]
v 1: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the
yard" [syn: {dart}, {dash}, {scoot}, {flash}, {shoot}]
2: run before a gale [syn: {rack}]
[also: {scudding}, {scudded}]
by
Töns
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There is no safe distance.
