Noun
a person employed to watch for something to happen

Noun
someone who can find paths through unexplored territory

Noun
someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)

Verb
explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody

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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.

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Scout

Scout , n. [Icel. skta 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.

Scout

Scout, n. [Icel. sk&umac;ta to jut out. Cf. Scout to reject.] A projecting rock. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Scout

Scout , v. t. [Icel. skta a taunt; cf. Icel. skuta to jut out, skota to shove, skjta 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

Scout, n. [OF. escaute scout, spy, fr. escouter, escolter, to listen, to hear, F. '82couter, 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'8ad scour, Each quarter, to descry the distant foe.

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. (Criket) A fielder in a game for practice. 4. The act of scouting or reconnoitering. [Colloq.]

While the rat is on the scout.

Syn. -- Scout, Spy. -- 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

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.

2. To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.

Scout

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.

A swift sailing boat.

A projecting rock.

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.

To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.

To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.