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▪ I. † ˈoutscout, n. Obs.
[out- 2.]
One sent out as a scout; an advanced scout or look-out. Also, in Cricket, An out-fielder.
1708London Gaz. No. 4420/6 The Ships our Out-scouts saw off of Calais, were Privateers. 1745P. Thomas Jrnl. Anson's Voy. 115 One Man on Horseback, whom they supposed to be a Centinal, or Outscout. 1798H. Tooke Purley 405 Is an Out-scout at cricket sent to a distance, that he may the better listen to what is passing? 1831Lincoln Herald 8 July 2/3 The public press, and the outscouts of the public press had deluded and deceived the whole country.
▪ II. † outˈscout, v. Obs. rare—1.
[out- 16.]
trans. To drive out with scouting or scorn.
1602Marston Antonio's Rev. v. iii, Alarum mischief, and with an undanted brow, out scout the grim opposition Of most menacing perill. |