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Pronunciation : Scout
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Icel. sk a small craft or cutter.]
Definition : Defn: A swift sailing boat. [Obs.] So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers. Pepys.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scout
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Icel. skuta to jut out. Cf. Scout to reject.]
Definition : Defn: A projecting rock. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scout
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Icel. sk a taunt; cf. Icel. skuta to jut out, skota to shove, skj to shoot, to shove. See Shoot.]
Definition : Defn: 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.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scout
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. escaute scout, spy, fr. escouter, escolter, to listen, to hear, F. ?couter, fr. L. auscultare, to hear with attention, to listen to. See Auscultation.]
Definition : 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?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. (Criket)

Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scout
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Scouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Scouting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Scout
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913