\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.