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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lout \Lout\ (lout), verb (used without an object) [OE. louten, luten, AS. l[=u]tan; akin to Icel. l[=u]ta, Dan. lude, OHG. l[=u]z[=e]n to lie hid.] To bend; to box; to stoop. [Archaic] --Chaucer. --Longfellow.
He fair the knight saluted, louting low. --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lout \Lout\, noun [Formerly also written lowt.] A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin. --Sir P. Sidney.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lout \Lout\, verb (used with an object) To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: an awkward stupid person [syn: {lout}, {clod}, {stumblebum}, {goon}, {oaf}, {lubber}, {lummox}, {lump}, {gawk}]
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