Scut

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scut \Scut\, n. [Cf. Icel. skott a fox's tail. [root] 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.
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           How the Indian hare came to have a long tail, whereas
           that part in others attains no higher than a scut.
                                                    --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
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           My doe with the black scut.              --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scut
       n : a short erect tail