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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.

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. a short erect tail
  3. 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.
  4. The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail isshort, 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 inothers attains no higher than a scut. Sir T. Browne.My doe with the black scut. Shak.
  5. n:100 n. a short erect tail