Scout

·noun A projecting rock.

II. Scout ·noun A swift sailing boat.

III. Scout ·noun A fielder in a game for practice.

IV. Scout ·noun The act of scouting or reconnoitering.

V. Scout ·add. ·noun A boy scout (which see, above).

VI. Scout ·vi To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.

VII. Scout ·vt To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.

VIII. Scout ·vt To pass over or through, as a scout; to Reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.

IX. Scout ·noun A college student's or undergraduate's servant;

— so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.

X. Scout ·vt To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to Flout; as, to scout an idea or an Apology.

XI. Scout ·noun 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.