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▪ I. † ˈscuddle, v.1 Sc. Obs. In 6 scudle. [? Back-formation from scudler.] a. trans. To wash (dishes). b. intr. ‘To act as a kitchen-drudge’ (Jam. 1828–81).
1581Satir. Poems Reform. xliv. 194 The fyre to big, and scudle dischis clene. ▪ II. scuddle, v.2 Now dial.|ˈskʌd(ə)l| [Frequentative f. scud v.1] intr. To run away hastily, to scuttle. ‘A low word’ (Johnson, 1755).
1577Grange Golden Aphrod. G iv, The Goddesses..skuddelyng and sekyng to defende themselues. 1661Burney κέρδ. Δῶρον 77 Lucifer might scuddle away as a subordinate sinner. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), To scud, or Scuddle away, to scamper or run away all of a sudden. 1766[Anstey] Bath Guide xiii. 45 How the Misses did huddle, and scuddle, and run. 1886A. D. Willock Rosetty Ends (1887) 38 They gathered themsel's up an' scuddled awa into the hoose. |