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Webster 1913 Edition

Scout

Scout

(skout)
,
Noun.
[Icel.
skūta
a small craft or cutter.]
A swift sailing boat.
[Obs.]
So we took a
scout
, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers.
Pepys.

Scout

,
Noun.
[Icel.
skūta
to jut out. Cf.
Scout
to reject.]
A projecting rock.
[Prov. Eng.]
Wright.

Scout

(skout)
,
Verb.
T.
[Icel.
skūta
a taunt; cf. Icel.
skūta
to jut out,
skota
to shove,
skjōta
to shoot, to shove. See
Shoot
.]
To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout;
as, to
scout
an idea or an apology
.
“Flout ’em and scout 'em.”
Shak.

Scout

,
Noun.
[OF.
escoute
scout, spy, fr.
escouter
,
escolter
, to listen, to hear, F.
écouter
, fr. L.
auscultare
, to hear with attention, to listen to. See
Auscultation
.]
1.
A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information of the movements and condition of an enemy.
Scouts
each coast light-armèd scour,
Each quarter, to descry the distant foe.
Milton.
2.
A college student's or undergraduate's servant; – so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
[Cant]
3.
(Cricket)
A fielder in a game for practice.
4.
The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
[Colloq.]
While the rat is on the
scout
.
Cowper.
Syn. –
Scout
,
Spy
.
–
In a military sense a scout is a soldier who does duty in his proper uniform, however hazardous his adventure. A spy is one who in disguise penetrates the enemies' lines, or lurks near them, to obtain information.

Scout

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scouted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Scouting
.]
1.
To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
Take more men,
And
scout
him round.
Beau. & Fl.
2.
To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter;
as, to
scout
a country
.

Scout

,
Verb.
I.
To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.
With obscure wing
Scout
far and wide into the realm of night.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Scout

SCOUT

,
Noun.
[L. ausculto, culto, colo; Gr. the ear.]
1.
In military affairs, a person sent before an army, or to a distance, for the purpose of observing the motions of an enemy or discovering any danger, and giving notice to the general. Horsemen are generally employed as scouts.
2.
A high rock. [Not in use.]

SCOUT

,
Verb.
I.
To go on the business of watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.
With obscure wing scout far and wide into the realm of night.

SCOUT

, v.t.
To sneer at; to treat with disdain and contempt. [This word is in good use in America.]

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