scutn.¹

Brit.

/skʌt/, U.S.

/skət/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s scutte, 1500s–1700s skut(t, (1800s scud).

Etymology: Of obscure origin: probably allied to scut adj. and n.³Connection with Old Norse skut-r stern of a vessel (Norwegian skut either end of a boat), or with modern Icelandic (tóu-) skott (fox's) tail, has often been assumed, but appears unlikely.

a. A short erect tail, esp. that of a hare, rabbit, or deer. (Quot. 1530 may belong to sense 2, which is recorded earlier.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [noun] > tail > short erect tail

scut1530

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > parts of or fur

scut1530

almond1627

fluff1883

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun] > body or parts of > tail

scut1530

single1575

shingle1660

flagtail1852

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) > parts of

scut1530

bunc1538

hare's foot1747

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 268/2 Scutte.

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 241 The tayle of an Hare and Conney, is called their Skut.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. l. 352 Those that be long shagged and rugged, have very little and short skuts, as Beares.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 18 My Doe, with the blacke Scut ?

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. x. 329 How the Indian Hare came to have a long tayle, whereas that part in others attains no higher then a scut ?

1770 G. White Let. Mar. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 79 It's scut [sc. the moose's] seemed to be about an inch long.

1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xviii. 210 The goat..rushed at him..his little scut cocked like a gun-hammer.

1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) vi. 83 The tail of a Fox is called the Brush;..of a Hare or Rabbit (heraldically termed Coney), the Scut.

†b. (See quot. 1601) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > frog > parts of

scut1601

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. v. 434 If the husband take a frogg and spit her..alength upon a reed, so as it goe in at the skut or nature [printed mature] behind and come foorth againe at the mouth.

†a. A hare. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare)

harea700

wimountc1280

wood-catc1280

babbart?a1300

ballart?a1300

bigge?a1300

goibert?a1300

grasshopper?a1300

lightfoot?a1300

long-ear?a1300

make-fare?a1300

pintail?a1300

pollart?a1300

purblind?a1300

roulekere?a1300

scot?a1300

scotewine?a1300

side-looker?a1300

sitter?a1300

westlooker?a1300

wort-cropper?a1300

break-forwardc1300

broom-catc1300

swikebertc1300

cawel-herta1325

deuberta1325

deudinga1325

fern-sittera1325

fitelfoota1325

foldsittera1325

furze cata1325

scutardea1325

skikarta1325

stobherta1325

straw deera1325

turpina1325

skulker1387

chavarta1400

soillarta1400

waldeneiea1400

scutc1440

coward1486

wata1500

bawtiec1536

puss1575

watkin1585

malkin1706

pussy1715

bawd1785

lion1825

dew-hopper-

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 451/1 Scut, hare.

1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 632 Masid as a marche hare, he ran lyke a scut.

b. Hunting. The hare as the object of the chase. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > [noun] > hare as object of chase

scut1809

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. viii. ix. 316 The minister was ready to burst with laughing, to see me so eager after the scut.

1826 Sporting Mag. 17 378 This day being devoted to the scut, we accompanied Mr. Lyster.

1877 Coursing Cal. Autumn 1876 21 Handling her hare in grand style, never left the scut until she killed.

1877 Coursing Cal. Autumn 1876 78 Keeping well to the scut, she never gave her opponent a chance.

1921 J. Galsworthy To Let iii. xi. 310 He sat there a long time dreaming his career, faithful to the scut of his possessive instinct.

Derivatives

ˈscutted adj. (only in combinations).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [adjective] > relating to the tail > having a tail

i-teileda1240

tailed1297

caudate1600

scutted1634

betailed1762

1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect ii. xv. 88 An English Mare..stumbled into one of these traps..the Indians..seeing such a long scutted Deere, praunce in their Merritotter [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† scutn.²

Etymology: Perhaps < early modern Dutch schut, schutte embankment.

Obsolete. rare.

? An embankment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > embankment or dam > [noun]

wharf1038

causeyc1330

wall1330

bulwark1555

scut1561

weir1599

mound1613

staithe1613

breastwork1641

embankment1786

bund1813

sheath1850

fleet-dyke1858

sheathing1867

causeway1878

flood-bank1928

stopbank1950

1561 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 124 Tellyng of the skutte and other worke about the Bryges.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

scutn.⁴

Brit.

/skʌt/, U.S.

/skət/

Forms: Also scutt, skut.

Etymology: ? Variant of scout n.²

dialect or slang.

1. A term of contempt for a person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in contempt

thingOE

cat?c1225

geggea1300

fox-whelpc1320

creaturea1325

whelp1338

scoutc1380

turnbroach14..

foumart1508

shit1508

get?a1513

strummel?a1513

scofting?1518

pismirea1535

clinchpoop1555

rag1566

huddle and twang1578

whipster1590

slop1599

shullocka1603

tailor1607

turnspit1607

fitchewa1616

bulchin1617

trundle-taila1626

tick1631

louse1633

fart1669

insect1684

mully-grub-gurgeon1746

grub-worm1752

rass1790

foutre1794

blister1806

snot1809

skin1825

scurf1851

scut1873

Siwash1882

stiff1882

bleeder1887

blighter1896

sugar1916

vuilgoed1924

klunk1942

fart sack1943

fart-arse1946

jerkwad1980

1873 A. Trollope Harry Heathcote (1874) vi. 146 I thought you was ringing trees for that young scut at Gangoil?

1895 ‘M. E. Francis’ Frieze & Fustian 63 I'll pinnance ye, ye little scut!

1901 Longman's Mag. Sept. 405 Moran, ye scut! don't be skirmishin'.

1916 J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee viii. 95 The likes of them skuts to find fault with my cookin'—'deed it's more than O'Callaghan himself would dare do.

1929 W. Deeping Roper's Row ix. 96 He always was a precocious little scut.

1936 M. Franklin All that Swagger xxvii. 254 You speak like a low-down scut.

1970 L. Sanders Anderson Tapes xii. 41 You bloody scut! Forget it!

1978 ‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions lxiii. 863 You'd think those scutts could have given us a bit more notice... It's a shabby lot they are.

2. A contemptuous or playful appellation of a number of human beings.

ΚΠ

1923 U. L. Silberrad Lett. Jean Armiter iii I'm not going to sit by and hear women called ‘unproductive’ because they don't happen to have a scut of children they couldn't have afforded to bring up.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scutn.⁵

Brit.

/skʌt/, U.S.

/skət/

Etymology: Origin unknown: compare scut n.⁴

U.S. colloquial.

Tedious menial work. Frequently attributive in scut work.

ΚΠ

1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 454/1 Scud, scut,..hard, boring, or tedious tasks; minor details that are unrewarding and time-consuming.

1972 Newsweek 10 Jan. 37/2 Huber inflicted a fair amount of scut work on the boy—washing dishes, fetching books and journals from the library.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 20 Mar. 14/2 I did all the scutwork: paid the bills, ran the houses, drove the children.

1978 L. Pryor Viper (1979) iii. 40 The servants..were..brought from Iran and Turkey to do the scut work.

1978 Maledicta 2 69 Scut, menial medical procedures that must be carried out, usually relegated to the least senior member of the medical team.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† scutadj.n.³

Etymology: Of obscure origin: perhaps related in some way to short adj., skirt n.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

Short.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective]

shortc888

scutc1440

stuck1440

span-long1593

junky1873

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 451/1 Scut, or schort, curtus, brevis.

B. n.³

A short garment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > of specific length > short > article of

scutc1440

stuck1440

shorty1942

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 451/1 Scut, garment, nepticula.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

† scutv.

Etymology: ? < scut adj. and n.³

Obsolete.

transitive. To dock, cut short.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > make short(er) [verb (transitive)] > (as if) by cutting

crop?c1225

dockc1380

cutc1385

trunk?1440

coll1483

scut1530

to cut, trim, etc. short1545

prune1565

bobtail1577

curtail1580

lop1594

decurtate1599

imp1657

truncate1727

abridge1750

bob1822

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 707/2 I scutte, je docque.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

n.¹c1440

n.²1561

n.⁴1873

n.⁵1960

adj.n.³c1440

v.1530

单词	scut
释义	scutn.¹ Brit. /skʌt/, U.S. /skət/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s scutte, 1500s–1700s skut(t, (1800s scud). Etymology: Of obscure origin: probably allied to scut adj. and n.³Connection with Old Norse skut-r stern of a vessel (Norwegian skut either end of a boat), or with modern Icelandic (tóu-) skott (fox's) tail, has often been assumed, but appears unlikely. 1. a. A short erect tail, esp. that of a hare, rabbit, or deer. (Quot. 1530 may belong to sense 2, which is recorded earlier.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [noun] > tail > short erect tail scut1530 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > parts of or fur scut1530 almond1627 fluff1883 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun] > body or parts of > tail scut1530 single1575 shingle1660 flagtail1852 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) > parts of scut1530 bunc1538 hare's foot1747 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 268/2 Scutte. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 241 The tayle of an Hare and Conney, is called their Skut. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. l. 352 Those that be long shagged and rugged, have very little and short skuts, as Beares. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 18 My Doe, with the blacke Scut ? View more context for this quotation 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. x. 329 How the Indian Hare came to have a long tayle, whereas that part in others attains no higher then a scut ? View more context for this quotation 1770 G. White Let. Mar. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 79 It's scut [sc. the moose's] seemed to be about an inch long. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xviii. 210 The goat..rushed at him..his little scut cocked like a gun-hammer. 1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) vi. 83 The tail of a Fox is called the Brush;..of a Hare or Rabbit (heraldically termed Coney), the Scut. †b. (See quot. 1601) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > frog > parts of scut1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxii. v. 434 If the husband take a frogg and spit her..alength upon a reed, so as it goe in at the skut or nature [printed mature] behind and come foorth againe at the mouth. 2. †a. A hare. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) harea700 wimountc1280 wood-catc1280 babbart?a1300 ballart?a1300 bigge?a1300 goibert?a1300 grasshopper?a1300 lightfoot?a1300 long-ear?a1300 make-fare?a1300 pintail?a1300 pollart?a1300 purblind?a1300 roulekere?a1300 scot?a1300 scotewine?a1300 side-looker?a1300 sitter?a1300 westlooker?a1300 wort-cropper?a1300 break-forwardc1300 broom-catc1300 swikebertc1300 cawel-herta1325 deuberta1325 deudinga1325 fern-sittera1325 fitelfoota1325 foldsittera1325 furze cata1325 scutardea1325 skikarta1325 stobherta1325 straw deera1325 turpina1325 skulker1387 chavarta1400 soillarta1400 waldeneiea1400 scutc1440 coward1486 wata1500 bawtiec1536 puss1575 watkin1585 malkin1706 pussy1715 bawd1785 lion1825 dew-hopper- c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 451/1 Scut, hare. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 632 Masid as a marche hare, he ran lyke a scut. b. Hunting. The hare as the object of the chase. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > [noun] > hare as object of chase scut1809 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. viii. ix. 316 The minister was ready to burst with laughing, to see me so eager after the scut. 1826 Sporting Mag. 17 378 This day being devoted to the scut, we accompanied Mr. Lyster. 1877 Coursing Cal. Autumn 1876 21 Handling her hare in grand style, never left the scut until she killed. 1877 Coursing Cal. Autumn 1876 78 Keeping well to the scut, she never gave her opponent a chance. 1921 J. Galsworthy To Let iii. xi. 310 He sat there a long time dreaming his career, faithful to the scut of his possessive instinct. Derivatives ˈscutted adj. (only in combinations). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [adjective] > relating to the tail > having a tail i-teileda1240 tailed1297 caudate1600 scutted1634 betailed1762 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect ii. xv. 88 An English Mare..stumbled into one of these traps..the Indians..seeing such a long scutted Deere, praunce in their Merritotter [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † scutn.² Etymology: Perhaps < early modern Dutch schut, schutte embankment. Obsolete. rare. ? An embankment. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > embankment or dam > [noun] wharf1038 causeyc1330 wall1330 bulwark1555 scut1561 weir1599 mound1613 staithe1613 breastwork1641 embankment1786 bund1813 sheath1850 fleet-dyke1858 sheathing1867 causeway1878 flood-bank1928 stopbank1950 1561 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 124 Tellyng of the skutte and other worke about the Bryges. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). scutn.⁴ Brit. /skʌt/, U.S. /skət/ Forms: Also scutt, skut. Etymology: ? Variant of scout n.² dialect or slang. 1. A term of contempt for a person. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in contempt thingOE cat?c1225 geggea1300 fox-whelpc1320 creaturea1325 whelp1338 scoutc1380 turnbroach14.. foumart1508 shit1508 get?a1513 strummel?a1513 scofting?1518 pismirea1535 clinchpoop1555 rag1566 huddle and twang1578 whipster1590 slop1599 shullocka1603 tailor1607 turnspit1607 fitchewa1616 bulchin1617 trundle-taila1626 tick1631 louse1633 fart1669 insect1684 mully-grub-gurgeon1746 grub-worm1752 rass1790 foutre1794 blister1806 snot1809 skin1825 scurf1851 scut1873 Siwash1882 stiff1882 bleeder1887 blighter1896 sugar1916 vuilgoed1924 klunk1942 fart sack1943 fart-arse1946 jerkwad1980 1873 A. Trollope Harry Heathcote (1874) vi. 146 I thought you was ringing trees for that young scut at Gangoil? 1895 ‘M. E. Francis’ Frieze & Fustian 63 I'll pinnance ye, ye little scut! 1901 Longman's Mag. Sept. 405 Moran, ye scut! don't be skirmishin'. 1916 J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee viii. 95 The likes of them skuts to find fault with my cookin'—'deed it's more than O'Callaghan himself would dare do. 1929 W. Deeping Roper's Row ix. 96 He always was a precocious little scut. 1936 M. Franklin All that Swagger xxvii. 254 You speak like a low-down scut. 1970 L. Sanders Anderson Tapes xii. 41 You bloody scut! Forget it! 1978 ‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions lxiii. 863 You'd think those scutts could have given us a bit more notice... It's a shabby lot they are. 2. A contemptuous or playful appellation of a number of human beings. ΚΠ 1923 U. L. Silberrad Lett. Jean Armiter iii I'm not going to sit by and hear women called ‘unproductive’ because they don't happen to have a scut of children they couldn't have afforded to bring up. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scutn.⁵ Brit. /skʌt/, U.S. /skət/ Etymology: Origin unknown: compare scut n.⁴ U.S. colloquial. Tedious menial work. Frequently attributive in scut work. ΚΠ 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 454/1 Scud, scut,..hard, boring, or tedious tasks; minor details that are unrewarding and time-consuming. 1972 Newsweek 10 Jan. 37/2 Huber inflicted a fair amount of scut work on the boy—washing dishes, fetching books and journals from the library. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 20 Mar. 14/2 I did all the scutwork: paid the bills, ran the houses, drove the children. 1978 L. Pryor Viper (1979) iii. 40 The servants..were..brought from Iran and Turkey to do the scut work. 1978 Maledicta 2 69 Scut, menial medical procedures that must be carried out, usually relegated to the least senior member of the medical team. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † scutadj.n.³ Etymology: Of obscure origin: perhaps related in some way to short adj., skirt n. Obsolete. A. adj. Short. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective] shortc888 scutc1440 stuck1440 span-long1593 junky1873 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 451/1 Scut, or schort, curtus, brevis. B. n.³ A short garment. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > of specific length > short > article of scutc1440 stuck1440 shorty1942 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 451/1 Scut, garment, nepticula. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † scutv. Etymology: ? < scut adj. and n.³ Obsolete. transitive. To dock, cut short. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > make short(er) [verb (transitive)] > (as if) by cutting crop?c1225 dockc1380 cutc1385 trunk?1440 coll1483 scut1530 to cut, trim, etc. short1545 prune1565 bobtail1577 curtail1580 lop1594 decurtate1599 imp1657 truncate1727 abridge1750 bob1822 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 707/2 I scutte, je docque. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.¹c1440n.²1561n.⁴1873n.⁵1960adj.n.³c1440v.1530
随便看	string-bean string-binder string-binding string-block string-coloured string-course string-galvanometer string-gauge string-halty string-hearth string-hough string-jack string-like string-line string-maker string-metal string-moulding string-pea string-piece string-pin string-plate string-puller string-pulling string-soled string-tailed

scutn.1

Derivatives

† scutn.2

scutn.4

scutn.5

† scutadj.n.3

† scutv.

scutn.¹

† scutn.²

scutn.⁴

scutn.⁵

† scutadj.n.³