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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.
LOUT
,Verb.
I.