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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.

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."

A college student's or undergraduate's servant; so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip. (Cant)

(Cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.

The act of scouting or reconnoitering. (Colloq.) "While the rat is on the scout."

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)

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."

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

... I've had nothing of a tea!" said Roger, looking resentfully, his mouth full of cake, at his elder brother, who was already beginning to take out his watch, to bid his mother and sisters resume their discarded jackets, and to send a scout for a four-wheeler. ...

— Lady Connie • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... of hearing. The startled finches settled down again, except at that point, higher up on the opposite bank, to which Beauvayse's attention had first been directed. There the little birds yet hovered like a cloud of butterflies, but, practised scout as Beauvayse was, he paid no heed to their distress. She had declared for him. The Doctor's discomfiture enhanced his triumph. Gad! how like an angry buffalo the fellow was! The sort of beast who would put down his head and charge ...

— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

... a thunder storm, in the paddock at the races, wearing a rain-coat with the collar turned up and a Panama hat with the brim turned down. She was talking, in terms of affectionate familiarity, with Cuthbert's two-year-old, The Scout. The Scout had just lost a race by a nose, and Dolly was holding the nose against her cheek and comforting him. The two made a charming picture, and, as Carter stumbled upon it and halted, the race-horse lowered his eyes and seemed to say: "Wouldn't YOU throw a race for this?" ...

— The Man Who Could Not Lose • Richard Harding Davis

... seemed to be covered with cabalistic signs. The missive had been sent out from Lucknow by Brigadier Inglis, the commander of the beleaguered garrison of the Lucknow Residency, and its bearer was the stanch and daring scout, Ungud. As I write the originals of this communication and of others which came in the same way lie before me; and two of those missives in their curious mixture of characters may be found of interest to readers ...

— Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places • Archibald Forbes

... as a scout might listen in the night for sounds of the hidden enemy. Upon turning the corner, the footsteps advanced a pace or two, faltered, slackened, stopped. For an instant there was silence. The doctor knew that the man had been struck by his attentive figure, and was ...

— Flames • Robert Smythe Hichens

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