Scout
Scout (skout) , noun
[Icelandic skūta a small craft or cutter.]
A swift sailing boat. [Obsolete]
So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers.
Scout , noun
[Icelandic skūta to jut out. Compare Scout to reject.]
A projecting rock. [Provincial English] — Wright
Scout (skout) , transitive verb
[Icelandic skūta a taunt; compare Icelandic skūta to jut out, skota to shove, skjōta 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.
Scout , noun
[Old French escoute scout, spy, from escouter, escolter, to listen, to hear, French écouter, from Latin 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.
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. [Colloquial]
While the rat is on the scout.
5.
A boy scout or girl scout (which see, above).
Scout , transitive verb
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 , intransitive verb
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.