\Scout\, n.
A boy scout (which see, above).

\Scout\ (skout), n. [Icel. sk[=u]ta a small craft or
cutter.]
A swift sailing boat. [Obs.]

      So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner
      and conversation of the passengers.      --Pepys.

\Scout\, n. [Icel. sk[=u]ta to jut out. Cf. {Scout} to
reject.]
A projecting rock. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.

\Scout\ (skout), v. t. [Icel. sk[=u]ta a taunt; cf. Icel.
sk[=u]ta to jut out, skota to shove, skj[=o]ta 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.'' --Shak.

\Scout\, n. [OF. escoute scout, spy, fr. escouter,
escolter, to listen, to hear, F. ['e]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-arm[`e]d 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. [Cant]

3. (Cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.

4. The act of scouting or reconnoitering. [Colloq.]

         While the rat is on the scout.        --Cowper.

Syn: {Scout}, {Spy}.

Usage: In a military sense a scout is a soldier who does duty
       in his proper uniform, however hazardous his
       adventure. A spy is one who in disguise penetrates the
       enemies' lines, or lurks near them, to obtain
       information.

\Scout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scouted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Scouting}.]
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.

\Scout\, 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.