struntn.1
/strʌnt/, U.S. /strənt/, Scottish English /strʌnt/ Now dialect (Scottish and northern).
The fleshy part of the tail of an animal, esp. of a horse; also, rarely, that of a bird. Hence, also, the whole tail.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > tail > part of
strunt1610
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [noun] > tail > solid fleshy part
dockc1400
docketa1592
strunt1610
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > tail > part of
horsehaira1387
stern1575
strumple1598
strunt1610
truncheon1639
1577 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 273 I geve and bequethe unto Christofer Wyvell..my dunne horse which was under strunte tayle maire.]
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. ciii. 205 Feele all downe the strunte of his taile with your hand.
1674 J. Ray N. Country Words Strunt: the tail or rump.
1679 London Gaz. No. 1413/4 A gray Nag..with a sprig tail, and his Strunt groweth crooked towards the right buttock.
1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 357 Strunt, the dock of a horse, independant of the hair; also the tail of slaughtered cattle or sheep, when the skin is taken off.
1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. Strunt, the rump of a bird.
1884 G. S. Streatfeild Lincolnshire & Danes Gloss. 368 Strunt, the denuded tail of a quadruped or bird.
1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. Strunt, the bony, fleshy part of a horse's tail. ‘It's strunt's so long; it's a pity but what it were docked.’ ‘The hair's cutten off close agen the strunt's end.’
a1930 D. H. Lawrence Phoenix (1936) 16 Wag thy [sc. a puppy's] strunt, then!
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struntn.2
/strʌnt/, U.S. /strənt/, Scottish English /strʌnt/ Scottish and northern.
A fit of ill-humour or sulks; esp. in to take the strunt.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of
gloominga1400
terret1515
momurdotesc1540
the sullens1580
pirr1581
pet1590
snuff1592
mulligrubs1599
mumps1599
geea1605
mood1609
miff1623
tetch1623
frumps1671
strunt1721
hump1727
tiff1727
tift1751
huff1757
tig1773
tout1787
sulk1792
twita1825
fantigue1825
fuff1834
grumps1844
spell1856
the grumbles1861
grouch1895
snit1939
mardy1968
moody1969
strop1970
sull1972
cream puff1985
mard1998
1721 A. Ramsay Robert Richy & Sandy 8 Wow man, that's unco' sad,—Is't that ye'r jo Has ta'en the strunt?
1776 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' lv Take tent, and nae wi' strunts offend.
1776 D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. 222 Fare ye weel, my auld wife, The steerer up o' strunt and strife.
1835 J. Hogg Tales Wars Montrose I. 179 The Marquess took the strunt, and would neither ratify some further engagement which he had come under, nor stand to those he had subscribed on oath.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Strunt, a pique, pet. ‘He's teyun the strunts.’
1895 P. H. Hunter James Inwick iii. 31 The laird took the strunt on the heid o't, an' gied ower comin to the kirk.
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struntn.3
/strʌnt/, U.S. /strənt/, Scottish English /strʌnt/ Scottish.
Spirituous liquor.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun]
water of life?c1450
burning watera1475
watera1475
aqua vitae1542
spirit1559
strong water1615
hot waters1616
spirituous liquor1659
spirit1663
fire1707
tape1725
strunt1786
hard stuff1789
firewater1799
fool's water1815
fool water1837
spirituous liquor1842
timber-doodle1842
lightning1858
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 163 Syne, wi' a social glass o' strunt, They parted aff careerin Fu' blythe that night.
a1796 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum (1803) VI. 585 A dram o' gude strunt in a morning early.
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† struntadj.
northern. Obsolete.
Stumpy.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being short and thick or broad > [adjective]
stoba1500
stubbeda1529
stubbleda1529
strunt1577
stumpy1600
chubby1611
stumpish1618
chubbed1674
squat1684
chubbish1685
chub1688
squabbed1694
cloddy1712
clavellated1713
pluggy1720
squab1723
puddy1747
tubbish1786
stunt1788
bunting1808–25
dumpy1808
clumpy1820
dubby1825
stubby1831
chunky1833
snubbed1835
tubby1835
pudgy1862
squatty1881
squidgy1891
1577 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 273 I geve and bequethe unto Christofer Wyvell..my dunne horse which was under strunte tayle maire.
1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 155 Let..your Hooks [be] well tempered..; their Points well drawn out, and as sharp as Needles, but their Birbs as stiff and as strunt as Bristles.
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struntv.1
/strʌnt/ transitive. To cut short, esp. to dock the tail of (a horse or sheep).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > cut off tail, ears, or other bits
dockc1386
bobtail1577
dishorn1603
crop1607
strunt1828
de-tail1837
stern1858
decaudate1864
tail1886
dehorn1888
declaw1901
poll1907
defang1912
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Strunt, to dock a horse's tail.
1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) Strunt, to dock the tail of a horse; sometimes, though very rarely, used with regard to sheep also.
Derivatives
ˈstrunted adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of tail
docked1408
stug-tailed1575
curtal1576
curtailed1591
bushya1609
bobbed1658
undocked1677
flisk1680
rat-tailed1684
strunted1688
bob1709
cocktailed1763
switched1769
cocked1775
nick-tailed1840
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of parts of > having particular type of tail
dag-tailed1598
strunted1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 176/2 Terms used by Shepheards... Strunted sheep, is when their Tails are cut off to keep them from Dunging them, and breeding of Maggots therein.
1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 428 Strunted, cut off short.
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struntv.2
/strʌnt/, U.S. /strənt/, Scottish English /strʌnt/ Scottish.
intransitive. To move with a self-important air. The ordinary version of Muirland Willie (see 1st quot. 17..) runs: The wooer he stept up the house.
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the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > behave self-importantly [verb (intransitive)]
strut1518
strunt1789
Tritonize1841
prima donna1929
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > in stately or affected manner
prancea1398
jeta1400
prankc1450
strut1518
stalk1530
jotc1560
brank1568
piaffe1593
strit1597
swagger1600
stretch1619
prig1623
flutter1690
prink1696
jut1763
strunt1789
straddle1802
major1814
cakewalk1890
sashay1968
17.. Old Song (Jam. 1808) The wooer strunted up the house.
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 193 I canna say but ye strunt rarely, Owre gawze and lace.
1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 50 An to Strathfallan green burn-brae Fu' nimbly she [sc. a cow] did strunt.
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