{ } v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accoutered or Accoutred p. pr. & vb. n. Accoutering or Accoutring. ] [ F. accouter, OF. accoutrer, accoustrer; à (L. ad) + perh. LL. custor, for custos guardian, sacristan (cf. Custody), or perh. akin to E. guilt. ] To furnish with dress, or equipments, esp. those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both accoutered like young men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

For this, in rags accoutered are they seen. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accoutered with his burden and his staff. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose especially military; as, troops accoutered for battle [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. an item of clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of one's main clothing.
Syn. -- accessory, accouterment [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. pl. [ F. accoutrement, earlier also accoustrement, earlier also accoustrement. See Accouter. ] Dress; trappings; equipment; specifically, the devices and equipments worn by soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

How gay with all the accouterments of war! [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets, constituting the genus Sphyræna and family Sphyrænidæ. The great barracuda (Sphyræna barracuda) of the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six feet or more long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its flesh is reputed to be poisonous. Sphyræna Argentea of the Pacific coast and Sphyræna sphyræna of Europe are smaller species, and are used as food. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

☞ That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is Sphyræna spet (or Sphyræna vulgaris); a southern species is Sphyræna picuda; the Californian is Sphyræna argentea. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun). [ 1913 Webster ]

. Orig., a member of the “Boy Scouts, ” an organization of boys founded in 1908, by Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell, to promote good citizenship by creating in them a spirit of civic duty and of usefulness to others, by stimulating their interest in wholesome mental, moral, industrial, and physical activities, etc. Hence, a member of any of the other similar organizations, which are now worldwide. In “The Boy Scouts of America” the local councils are generally under a scout commissioner, under whose supervision are scout masters, each in charge of a troop of two or more patrols of eight scouts each, who are of three classes, tenderfoot, second-class scout, and first-class scout. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. ] A knife; a dagger. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Can. [ See Can, and cf. Uncouth. ] Could; was able; knew or known; understood. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Above all other one Daniel
He loveth, for he couth well
Divine, that none other couth;
To him were all things couth,
As he had it of God's grace. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. high fashion designing and dressmaking. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. someone who designs clothing.
Syn. -- fashion designer, clothes designer, designer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., a listening place. ] (Mil.) One of the small galleries run out in front of the glacis. They serve to annoy the enemy's miners. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Scout. [ Obs. ] Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To overpower by disdain; to outface. [ Obs. ] Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. skūta a small craft or cutter. ] A swift sailing boat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. skūta to jut out. Cf. Scout to reject. ] A projecting rock. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Icel. skūta a taunt; cf. Icel. skūta to jut out, skota to shove, skjōta to shoot, to shove. See Shoot. ] To reject with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to scout an idea or an apology. “Flout 'em and scout 'em.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. escoute scout, spy, fr. escouter, escolter, to listen, to hear, F. écouter, fr. L. auscultare, to hear with attention, to listen to. See Auscultation. ] 1. A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information of the movements and condition of an enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scouts each coast light-armèd scour,
Each quarter, to descry the distant foe. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Cricket) A fielder in a game for practice. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The act of scouting or reconnoitering. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

While the rat is on the scout. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A boy scout or girl scout (which see, above). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

Syn. -- Scout, Spy. -- In a military sense a scout is a soldier who does duty in his proper uniform, however hazardous his adventure. A spy is one who in disguise penetrates the enemies' lines, or lurks near them, to obtain information. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Take more men,
And scout him round. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pass over or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout. [ 1913 Webster ]

With obscure wing
Scout far and wide into the realm of night. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. selcūð, seldcūð; seld rare + cūð known. See Uncouth. ] Rarely known; unusual; strange. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ She ] wondered much at his so selcouth case. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Trackschuyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. uncouth, AS. uncūð unknown, strange: un- (see Un- not) + cūð known, p. p. of cunnan to know. See Can to be able, and cf. Unco, Unked. ] 1. Unknown. [ Obs. ] “This uncouth errand.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

To leave the good that I had in hand,
In hope of better that was uncouth. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Harness . . . so uncouth and so rich. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. “Uncouth in guise and gesture.” I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am surprised with an uncouth fear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus sang the uncouth swain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Awkward. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*couth"ly, adv. -- Un*couth"ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bladder and the uterus. [ 1913 Webster ]