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Webster 1913 Edition
Scut
Scut
,Noun.
[Cf. Icel.
skott
a fox’s tail. √ 159.] [Obs.]
The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, esp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself.
“He ran like a scut.” Skelton.
How the Indian hare came to have a long tail, whereas that part in others attains no higher than a
scut
. Sir T. Browne.
My doe with the black
scut
. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Scut
SCUT
,Noun.