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Webster 1913 Edition


Lout

Lout

(lout)
,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
louten
,
luten
, AS.
lūtan
; akin to Icel.
lūta
, Dan.
lude
, OHG.
lūzēn
to lie hid.]
To bend; to box; to stoop.
[Archaic]
Chaucer.
Longfellow.
He fair the knight saluted,
louting
low.
Spenser.

Lout

,
Noun.
[Formerly also written
lowt
.]
A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
Sir P. Sidney.

Lout

,
Verb.
T.
To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lout

LOUT

,
Noun.
A mean awkward fellow; a bumpkin; a clown.

LOUT

,
Verb.
I.
To end; to bow; to stoop. [Obsolete or local.]