Category:Scout

Scout, n. Etym: [icel. sk a small craft or cutter.]

Defn: a swift sailing boat. [obs.] So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and Conversation of the passengers. Pepys.

Scout Scout, n. Etym: [icel. skuta to jut out. Cf. Scout to reject.]

Defn: a projecting rock. [prov. Eng.] Wright.

Scout Scout, v. t. Etym: [icel. sk a taunt; cf. Icel. skuta to jut out, Skota to shove, skj to shoot, to shove. See shoot.]

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.

Scout Scout, n. Etym: [of. escaute scout, spy, fr. escouter, escolter, to Listen, to hear, f. écouter, 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-armèd 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.

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.

Scout Scout, v. i.

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.