Definitions for: Scut

[n] a short erect tail

Webster (1913) Definition: 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, sp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the
animal itself. ``He ran like a scut.'' --Skelton.

How the Indian hare came to have a long tail, wheras
that part in others attains no higher than a scut.
--Sir T.
Browne.

My doe with the black scut. --Shak.

See Also: cervid, coney, cony, deer, rabbit, tail

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