SCOUTING

scouting, exploratory survey, reconnoitering, reconnoitring

(noun) exploring in order to gain information; “scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

Scouting (uncountable)

Alternative form of scouting

Noun

scouting (countable and uncountable, plural scoutings)

The act of one who scouts.

The Scout Movement.

The activities of boy scouts and girl scouts.

Source: Wiktionary

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SCOUT

Scout, n. Etym: [Icel. sk a small craft or cutter.]

Definition: A swift sailing boat. [Obs.] So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers. Pepys.

Scout, n. Etym: [Icel. skuta to jut out. Cf. Scout to reject.]

Definition: A projecting rock. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Scout, v. t. Etym: [Icel. sk a taunt; cf. Icel. skuta to jut out, skota to shove, skj to shoot, to shove. See Shoot.]

Definition: 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. Etym: [OF. escaute 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. [Cant]

3. (Criket)

Definition: A fielder in a game for practice.

4. The act of scouting or reconnoitering. [Colloq.] While the rat is on the scout. Cowper.

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, 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. Beau. & Fl.

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

Scout, v. i.

Definition: 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. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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