skout

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

skout (plural skouts)

  1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of scout (“guillemot”).

Etymology 2

Noun

skout (plural skouts)

  1. (Scotland, possibly obsolete) Alternative spelling of shout (“boat”).
    • 1637, Monro, Exped. i 45:
      We were all shipped in open skouts or boats
    • 1694, Kingarth Par. Rec., section 175:
      [His] breach of the Sabbath in carying turf … in a skout to Rothesay

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