scoutn.[Icel. skta a small craft or cutter.] A swift sailing boat.()So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers. (Pepys.)n.[Icel. skta to jut out. Cf. Scout to reject.] A projecting rock.(Wright.)()v. t.[Icel. skta a taunt; cf. Icel. skta to jut out, skota to shove, skjta 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.(Shak.)n.[OF. escoute scout, spy, fr. escouter, escolter, to listen, to hear, F. couter, 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-armd 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.()3. (Cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.()4. The act of scouting or reconnoitering.()While the rat is on the scout. (Cowper.)5. A boy scout or girl scout (which see, above).()()v. t.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.()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. (Milton.)