Scouse (skous), n. (Naut.) A sailor's dish. Bread scouse contains no
meat; lobscouse contains meat, etc. See Lobscouse. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Scout (skout), 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.
Pepys.
Scout, n. [Icel. skta to jut out. Cf. Scout to reject.] A projecting
rock. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Scout (skout), v. t. [Icel. skta a taunt; cf. Icel. skta 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, 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.] 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-armèd scour, Each quarter, to descry the
distant foe.
Milton.
2. 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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