Obs.–1 In 5 stuk, stuke, 5, 7 stug. [? Connected with MDu. stucke piece, STITCH sb.2; cf. SCUT a. and sb.3] Short. Hence Stucked ppl. a., cut short; Stuckness, shortness.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 448/1. Schort or stukkyd garment, nepticula. Ibid., 481/1. Stuk, short (v.r. stuke, stug, stukkid, schort) curtus, brevis. Ibid., Stuknesse, brevitas, curtitas.
Comb. 1699. Banffsh. Document (MS.), A stug-tailed horse.
