| • | A swift sailing boat. |
| • | A projecting rock. |
| • | To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout. |
