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Scout

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Scout - To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.

Scout - A boy scout (which see, above).

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

Scout - To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.

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

Scout - 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.

Scout - A fielder in a game for practice.

Scout - The act of scouting or reconnoitering.

Scout - A projecting rock.

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

Scout - A swift sailing boat.


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