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English Dictionary: scouting by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scouting
n
  1. exploring in order to gain information; "scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous"
    Synonym(s): scouting, exploratory survey, reconnoitering, reconnoitring
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scout \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.
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