(n.) A swift sailing boat.
(n.) A projecting rock.
(v. t.) To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat
with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called
in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
(n.) A fielder in a game for practice.
(n.) The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
(v. t.) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for
the purpose of observation, as a scout.
(v. t.) To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as,
to scout a country.
(v. i.) To go on the business of scouting, or watching the
motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.
