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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



... A scout was on the watch, and when they appeared soon brought the intelligence. All was in readiness. The keeper with three stout fellows in one party, and MacFane with four more in another. The earliness of their setting out denoted they intended to lengthen their walk. The great danger was ...
— Anna St. Ives • Thomas Holcroft
... face grew grey. For himself he had no fear, but for the girl beside him he dared not even think. They were Ibraheim Omair's men who had trapped them, and he cursed his folly in allowing Diana to come so far. Yet it had seemed safe enough. The scout's reports had lately proved that the robber Sheik had up to now respected the boundary line between the two territories. This must be a sudden tentative raid which had met with unlooked-for success. The bait ...
— The Sheik - A Novel • E. M. Hull
... precisely the absorbing topic of the forthcoming Boy-Scout march-past that was engaging the Countess of Bailquist's earnest attention ...
— When William Came • Saki
... said he, "I can not grant your request. I would be overrun with similar applications; but I will tell you what you can do. There are hundreds of just such men as you want, who would be glad of such a scout." We thanked him ...
— Thirty Years a Slave • Louis Hughes
... scout ship talked with us by the language of the whipping signal flags; but the ordinary Channel craft came and went without hindrance or seeming fear, and again it was hard for us to make ourselves believe that we had reached a zone where ...
— Paths of Glory - Impressions of War Written At and Near the Front • Irvin S. Cobb


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