▪ 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).
| 1581 Satir. 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).
| 1577 Grange Golden Aphrod. G iv, The Goddesses..skuddelyng and sekyng to defende themselues. 1661 Burney κέρδ. Δῶρον 77 Lucifer might scuddle away as a subordinate sinner. 1706 Phillips (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. 1886 A. D. Willock Rosetty Ends (1887) 38 They gathered themsel's up an' scuddled awa into the hoose. |