| Scout (scout) |
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| n. | (skout) |
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| Scout |
[Icel.
sk ta a small craft or cutter.] |
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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.
A college student's or undergraduate's
servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a
gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
A fielder in a game for
practice.
The act of scouting or
reconnoitering.
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To observe, watch, or look
for, as a scout] to follow for the purpose of observation, as a
scout.
To pass over or through, as a scout] to
reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
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To go on the business
of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a
scout.
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A boy scout (which see,
above).
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