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noun

Scout n. A swift sailing boat. (Obs.) "So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers."

Scout n. A projecting rock. (Prov. Eng.)

Scout n.

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."

A college student's or undergraduate's servant; so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip. (Cant)

(Cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.

The act of scouting or reconnoitering. (Colloq.) "While the rat is on the scout."

A boy scout or girl scout (which see, above).

Synonyms: 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.

verb

Scout v. t. 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."

Scout v. t. (past & past part. scouted; pres. part. scouting)

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."

To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.

Scout v. 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."

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Etymology of 'Scout'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Scout" Quotes from Famous Books

... the crest of the ridge. The main command is moving slowly, a few hundred yards below. With the skill of the old scout of the plains, he brings his little squad up to the shoulder of the ridge to the south of the rancho. Dismounting, Indian-like, he crawls up to the summit, from which the beautiful panorama of glittering Lagunitas ...

— The Little Lady of Lagunitas • Richard Henry Savage

... lighter now. We will pick our way better. But where is the cutting? Chantrill and the Captain despair. Have we missed it in, the dark? Then we are done for. Where is the "I" Co. detachment again? Lost? Here Corporal Grahek, and you, Sgt. Getzloff, you old woodsmen from north Michigan pines, scout around here and find the cutting and that rear party. Who is it that you ...

— The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki - Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 • Joel R. Moore

... Commonly Call^d Sand flies, the Lowness of the Land and the Dead water in Different Places in the Town & out of it Occasions another Breed of Insects well Known by the Name of Musketoes. These Creatures are well disciplined for they do Not Scout in private Places nor in Small Companies as tho Affraid to attack but Joining in as many Different Colloums as there are Openings to Your Dwellings they make a Desperate push and Seldom fail to Annoy their Enemy in Such a Manner that they leave their ...

— Log-book of Timothy Boardman • Samuel W Boardman

... night at some such development as that which your present statement conveys, and his colleague, Mr. Winter, pretended to scout ...

— Number Seventeen • Louis Tracy

... of freedom, and this day Still live in hearts of nations! O, thou Land, Where Man was first the monarch, where the sway Of birth exalted first was broken, stand To guard the helpless with a mighty hand, And give the weak protection; scout the ban Which tyrants utter, and with growing band Of noble freemen serve thy primal plan, And bind all nations ...

— Oklahoma and Other Poems • Freeman E. Miller

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