SCUTS

Noun

scuts

plural of scut

Source: Wiktionary


SCUT

Scut, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. skott a fox's tail. sq. root 159.] [Obs.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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