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stut

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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Definition of stut

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, transitive)To support, prop up.
    “When the upper storey of the house was altered the roof had to be stutted up for the time being.”
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verb

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, transitive)To support, prop up.
    “When the upper storey of the house was altered the roof had to be stutted up for the time being.”
  2. (obsolete)To stutter.
    “Another brought a spycke Of a bacon flycke; Her tonge was verye quycke, But she spake somwhat thycke: Her felow did stammer and stut”

noun

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland)A support.
    “These stuts buckled.”

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Etymology

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”).

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