scurvy, and has proved a valuable food to arctic explorers. The name is given also to other allied species
of plants.
Scut
(Scut) n. [Cf. Icel. skott a fox's tail. &radic 159.] [Obs.] The tail of a hare, or of a deer, or other
animal whose tail is short, esp. when carried erect; hence, sometimes, the animal itself. "He ran like a
scut." Skelton.
How the Indian hare came to have a long tail, whereas that part in others attains no higher than a scut.
Sir T. Browne.
My doe with the black scut.
Shak. Scuta
(||Scu"ta) n. pl. See Scutum.
Scutage
(Scu"tage) n. [LL. scutagium, from L. scutum a shield.] (Eng. Hist.) Shield money; commutation
of service for a sum of money. See Escuage.
Scutal
(Scu"tal) a. Of or pertaining to a shield.
A good example of these scutal monstrosities.
Cussans. Scutate
(Scu"tate) a. [L. scutatus armed with a shield, from scutum a shield.]
1. Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.
2. (Zoöl.) Protected or covered by bony or horny plates, or large scales.
Scutch
(Scutch) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scutched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scutching.] [See Scotch to cut slightly.]
1. To beat or whip; to drub. [Old or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
3. To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by
beating and blowing.
Scutching machine, a machine used to scutch cotton, silk, or flax; — called also batting machine.
Scutch
(Scutch), n.
1. A wooden instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.
2. The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax. "The smoke of the burning scutch." Cuthbert
Bede.
Scutcheon
(Scutch"eon) n. [Aphetic form of escutcheon.]
1. An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield. Bacon.
The corpse lay in state, with all the pomp of scutcheons, wax lights, black hangings, and mutes.
Macaulay. 2. A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4.
Scutcheoned
(Scutch"eoned) a. Emblazoned on or as a shield.
Scutcheoned panes in cloisters old.
Lowell.
