See also:

• SCOUT (from O. Fr. escouter, mod. ecouter, Lat. auscultare, to listen)

SCOUT (from O. Fr. escouter, mod. ecouter, See also:

• LAT

Lat. auscultare, to listen)  , a soldier sent out to See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch the enemy and bring See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information of his See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers, movements, whereabouts, &c . The name has also been applied to a particular class of See also:

• LIGHT

light speedy cruisers in the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• NAVY

navy . After the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICAN

African See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 1899-1902, the importance of military scouting received much See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in consequence of the prominence given to it by See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• BADEN
• BADEN, GRAND DUCHY OF

Baden-See also:

• POWELL, FREDERICK YORK (1850-1904)
• POWELL, GEORGE (c. 1658-1714)
• POWELL, JOHN WESLEY (1834–1902)
• POWELL, VAVASOR (1617-1670)

Powell, of See also:

• MAFEKING

Mafeking fame . Under the latter's auspices an unofficial See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to See also:

• FOSTER, GEORGE EULAS (1847– )
• FOSTER, JOHN (177o-1843)
• FOSTER, MYLES BIRKET (1825-1899)
• FOSTER, SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE (1841-1904)
• FOSTER, SIR MICHAEL (1836-r9o7)
• FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS (1826-1864)

foster the qualities required was made by the institution of the Boy Scouts, a voluntary organization which, starting in 1908, had by 1910 enrolled many hundreds of thousands of boys throughout the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom, with branches overseas . Various birds of the See also:

• AUK

auk See also:

• FAMILY

family, such as the See also:

• GUILLEMOT (Fr. guillemot 1)

guillemot and the See also:

• PUFFIN

puffin, are known as " scouts." The name is also given colloquially to See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college servants at See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford and Harvard See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

Universities . It then answers to the " See also:

• GYP

gyp " of See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, Trinity College, See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, and See also:

• DURHAM
• DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL OF (1792–1840)

Durham, which has been variously explained as See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short for " gipsy," as taken from Tiny, See also:

• VULTURE

vulture, from a supposed reference to a grasping See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, or as representing an old word " gippo " (Fr. jupeau, See also:

• TUNIC (0. Eng. tunice, tunical, taken, before the Norman con-quest, directly from Lat. tunica, of which the origin is unknown)

tunic), used of a scullion or See also:

• KITCHEN (O.E. cycene; this and other cognate forms, such as Dutch keuken, Ger. Kiuche, Dan. kokken, Fr. cuisine, are formed from the Low Lat. cucina, Lat. coquina, coquere, to cook)

kitchen servant . In the above senses, " See also:

• SCOUT (from O. Fr. escouter, mod. ecouter, Lat. auscultare, to listen)

scout" must be distinguished from the word meaning to flout, or reject with ridicule and scorn, which is derived from the Icel. skitta, taunt, jeer . In the military sense, see See also:

• SIR

Sir R . S . Baden-Powell, Scouting, and Scouting for Boys . The Boy Scouts' See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement in England has See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official papers in the weekly Scout and monthly Headquarters See also:

• GAZETTE

Gazette .