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Stut

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A support. Northern-England, Scotland

    "These stuts buckled."

Verb
  1. 1
    To support, prop up. Northern-England, Scotland, transitive

    "When the upper storey of the house was altered the roof had to be stutted up for the time being."

  2. 2
    To stutter. obsolete

    "Another brought a spycke Of a bacon flycke; Her tonge was verye quycke, But she spake somwhat thycke: Her felow did stammer and stut"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *stuttijan. Cognate with German stützen (“to support”), Dutch stutten (“to support”), Danish støtte (“to support”), Norwegian støtte (“to support”), Swedish stötta (“to support”), Icelandic styðja (“to support”).

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *stuttijan. Cognate with German stützen (“to support”), Dutch stutten (“to support”), Danish støtte (“to support”), Norwegian støtte (“to support”), Swedish stötta (“to support”), Icelandic styðja (“to support”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English stutten (“to stammer, stop short”), from Old English *stuttan (“to stop short, stutter”), from Proto-Germanic *stutjaną (“to stammer, stop short”). Cognate with German stutzen (“to hesitate, stumble, stop short”).

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