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scut |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scut n : a short erect tail
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