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scout

 

  8  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scout  \Scout\  (skout),  n.  [Icel.  sk[=u]ta  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scout  \Scout\,  v.  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scout  \Scout\,  n.  [Icel.  sk[=u]ta  to  jut  out  Cf  {Scout}  to 
  reject.] 
  A  projecting  rock.  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Wright. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scout  \Scout\  (skout),  v.  t.  [Icel.  sk[=u]ta  a  taunt;  cf  Icel. 
  sk[=u]ta  to  jut  out  skota  to  shove,  skj[=o]ta  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scout  \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.  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scout  \Scout\,  n.  [OF.  escoute  scout,  spy,  fr  escouter 
  escolter  to  listen,  to  hear,  F.  ['e]couter,  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-arm[`e]d  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}. 
 
  Usage:  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scout  \Scout\,  n. 
  A  boy  scout  (which  see  above). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scout 
  n  1:  a  person  employed  to  watch  for  something  to  happen  [syn:  {lookout}, 
  {lookout  man},  {sentinel},  {sentry},  {watch},  {picket}] 
  2:  someone  employed  to  discover  and  recruit  talented  persons 
  (especially  in  the  worlds  of  entertainment  or  sports) 
  [syn:  {talent  scout}] 
  3:  someone  who  can  find  paths  through  unexplored  territory 
  [syn:  {pathfinder},  {guide}] 
  v  :  get  the  lay  of  the  land  [syn:  {reconnoiter},  {reconnoitre}]




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