Scout

Scout

(1):

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

(2):

(n.) A fielder in a game for practice.

(3):

(n.) The act of scouting or reconnoitering.

(4):

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

(5):

(v. t.) To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.

(6):

(n.) A boy scout (which see, above).

(7):

(n.) A swift sailing boat.

(8):

(n.) A college student's or undergraduate's servant; - so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.

(9):

(v. t.) To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.

(10):

(n.) A projecting rock.

(11):

(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.