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Scout   /skaʊt/   Listen
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.  
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."
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."
5.
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)  
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."
2.
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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"Scout" Quotes from Famous Books



... darkness spets her thickest gloom, And makes one blot of all the air! Stay thy cloudy ebon chair, Wherein thou ridest with Hecat', and befriend Us thy vowed priests, till utmost end Of all thy dues be done, and none left out, Ere the blabbing eastern scout, The nice Morn on the Indian steep, From her cabined loop-hole peep, And to the tell-tale Sun descry Our concealed solemnity. Come, knit hands, and beat the ground ...
— L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas • John Milton

... to the Fair, 'nd he told me to wait outside and he'd scout around and see if he couldn't find his uncle who had a show inside, 'cause Jim thought maybe his uncle could get us in for nothing and we'd have more money to spend. It was awful hot and I went over and sat under the trees across ...
— Keineth • Jane D. Abbott

... of steam in the seventeenth century, and newspapers being but rare visiters at Shepey. Occasionally, indeed, there did descend from the breakfast-room of Sir Robert, unto the servants' hall, a stray number or two of the "Mercurius Politicus," the "Perfect Diurnal," or the "Parliament Scout;" the contents of which were eagerly devoured by the several auditors, while one, more gifted than his fellows, drawled forth, amid ejaculations and thanks unto the Lord, the doings of the Commonwealth, and especially of him who was a master in the new ...
— The Buccaneer - A Tale • Mrs. S. C. Hall

... might see and know, and yet abstain. Since therefore the knowledge and survey of vice is in this world so necessary to the constituting of human virtue, and the scanning of error to the confirmation of truth, how can we more safely, and with less danger, scout into the regions of sin and falsity than by reading all manner of tractates and hearing all manner of reason? And this is the benefit which may be had of ...
— Areopagitica - A Speech For The Liberty Of Unlicensed Printing To The - Parliament Of England • John Milton

... Malcolm learnt from Cedric's scout that his master had left by an early train; and as he himself had one or two appointments that morning, he only waited to swallow a hasty breakfast before he ...
— Herb of Grace • Rosa Nouchette Carey


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