Category:Scut

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

Defn: 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.