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▪ I. scouting, vbl. n.1|ˈskaʊtɪŋ|
[f. scout v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. scout.
1. a. Spying, reconnoitring.
1644Symonds Diary (Camden) 22 Some scowting beyond Banbury that evening; little or no hurt on neither side. 1754in Temple & Sheldon Hist. Northfield, Mass. (1875) 285 However, if the scouting be faithfully performed, there will not, I apprehend, any considerable body of the enemy get within ye line aforesaid undiscovered. 1893Leland Mem. I. 30 Often I sat on a little cricket at his feet, and listened to tales of battles, scoutings, and starving.
attrib.1756R. Rogers Jrnl. 28 Apr. (1765) 17 They discovered a scouting party of three or four hundred Indians. 1856W. Irving Washington III. 852 He had recently signalized himself in scouting-parties. 1895A. C. Hamlin in M. A. Jackson Mem. Stonewall Jackson (ed. 2) 548 A Federal scouting party could have come up the Hazel Grove road and seized him as a prisoner of war. 1941B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? xi. 199 The other members of the Wall Street scouting party were punctual.
b. The exercises practised by ‘boy scouts’. Also, the Scout movement itself.
1908R. S. S. Baden-Powell Scouting for Boys 1 Instruction in scouting should be given as far as possible through practises, games, and competitions. 1966Listener 20 Oct. 570/1 ‘Scouts go mod’, the headline said—as if the cut of the new mushroom-coloured, tapering long trousers was the most important feature of the new pattern of Scouting. 1976Eastern Even. News (Norwich) 9 Dec. 6/4 I'm sure there must be lots of men with souvenirs from their Scouting days. 1977Times 27 June 16/8 Olave, Lady Baden-Powell..exemplified the potential of Scouting and Guiding for world peace.
c. The activity of a scout (scout n.4 2 e or 4 a).
1908Baseball Mag. Nov. 1/1 There was the reconnoitering, scouting, feints, retreats, invasions, and then preparations made by all the ball-and-bat generals for the final big battle. 1961J. S. Salak Dict. Amer. Sports 382 Scouting, viewing an opposing team in action before playing them. 1968Blues Unlimited Nov. 5 Joe Bihari..asked him to do some scouting for Modern Reds, as well as playing on further second dates.
†2. Fielding at cricket. Obs.
1815Suffolk Chron. 2 Sept., The Needham players are remarkable for excellent scouting. 1828Sporting Mag. XXIII. 38 Both were so completely knocked up, with alternately bowling and scouting, as to be nearly incapable of walking home. 1885F. Gale Life of Hon. Robert Grimston vii. 77 Lords' forty years ago was practically a country ground... There were no nets, but ground boys did the scouting. 1908W. E. W. Collins Leaves from Old County Cricketer's Diary xi. 191 Quite a young soldier..did most of the scouting in the far country.
▪ II. † ˈscouting, vbl. n.2 Obs.
[f. scout v.2 + -ing1.]
A snubbing reproof, a scolding.
1794M. J. Holroyd Lett. (1896) 301, I gave Louisa a good scouting for indulging her moralizing turn.
▪ III. scouting, ppl. a.|ˈskaʊtɪŋ|
[f. scout v.1 + -ing2.]
That scouts; watching, exploring, spying.
1663Brief Acc. Turks Late Exped. 21 There followed into the Town a great Body of Tartars after these scouting Troupers. 1820Clare Rural Life (ed. 3) 31 The owls mope out, the scouting bats Begin their giddy round. 1907Standard 19 Jan. 7/5 Scouting air vessels could follow night and day every movement of the armies. |