scutter v Cp EDD ~ v 1 'to hurry off.' To sail swiftly before the wind.
T 31/4-64 A storm, a pure storm, wi' rain an' wind. Never such day you ever see [in] ever your life. An' I had to scutter under two goose-wing sails; took the spreads out an' run un round through among the rocks, down to Poole's Island an' Wesleyville.
