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A swift sailing boat. |
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A projecting rock. |
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To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat
with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology. |
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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. |
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A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called
in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip. |
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A fielder in a game for practice. |
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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. |
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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. |