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(skout), n.[Icel. skta 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 n.[Icel. skta to jut out. Cf. Scout to reject.] A projecting rock. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Scout (skout), v. t.[Icel. skta a taunt; cf. Icel. skta to jut out, skota to shove, skjta 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 n.[OF. escoute scout, spy, fr. escouter, escolter, to listen, to hear, F. 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-armd 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 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. 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. Scout n.A boy scout (which see, above). スポンサード リンク
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