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  • English Word Scout Definition To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology.
  • English Word Scout Definition 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.
  • English Word Scout Definition A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
  • English Word Scout Definition A fielder in a game for practice.
  • English Word Scout Definition The act of scouting or reconnoitering.
  • English Word Scout Definition To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
  • English Word Scout Definition To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
  • English Word Scout Definition To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.
  • English Word Scouted Definition of Scout
  • English Word Scouting Definition of Scout
  • English Word Scovel Definition A mop for sweeping ovens; a malkin.
  • English Word Scow Definition A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
  • English Word Scow Definition To transport in a scow.
  • English Word Scowl Definition To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
  • English Word Scowl Definition Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
  • English Word Scowl Definition To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
  • English Word Scowl Definition To express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance.
  • English Word Scowl Definition The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
  • English Word Scowl Definition Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect.
  • English Word Scowled Definition of Scowl
  • English Word Scowling Definition of Scowl
  • English Word Scowlingly Definition In a scowling manner.
  • English Word Scrabbed eggs Definition A Lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and seasoned with butter, salt, and pepper.
  • English Word Scrabble Definition To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.
  • English Word Scrabble Definition To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl.
  • English Word Scrabble Definition To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.
  • English Word Scrabble Definition The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.
  • English Word Scrabbled Definition of Scrabble
  • English Word Scrabbling Definition of Scrabble
  • English Word Scraber Definition The Manx shearwater.