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   Gyp , n. [Said to be a sportive application of Gr. γύψ a vulture.] A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout. [Cant]
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   Scout , n. [Icel. skūta a small craft or cutter.] A swift sailing boat. [Obs.]
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   So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers.
   Pepys.
   
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   Scout, n. [Icel. skūta to jut out. Cf. Scout to reject.] A projecting rock. [Prov. Eng.]
   Wright.
   
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   Scout , v. t. [Icel. skūta a taunt; cf. Icel. skūta to jut out, skota to shove, skjōta 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.
   
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   Scout, n. [OF. escoute scout, spy, fr. escouter, escolter, to listen, to hear, F. écouter, fr. L. auscultare, to hear with attention, to listen to. See Auscultation.]
   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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   Scouts each coast light-armèd scour,
   Each quarter, to descry the distant foe.
   Milton.
   
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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. [Cant]
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   (Cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
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   The act of scouting or reconnoitering. [Colloq.]
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   While the rat is on the scout.
   Cowper.
   
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   A boy scout or girl scout (which see, above).
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   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.
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   Scout, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Scouting.]
   To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
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   Take more men,
   And scout him round.
   Beau. & Fl.
   
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   To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
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   Scout, 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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   With obscure wing
   Scout far and wide into the realm of night.
   Milton.
   
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