Lout (?), v. i. [OE. louten, luten, AS. ltan; akin to Icel. lta, Dan. lude, OHG. lzn to lie hid.]
To bend; to box; to stoop.
[Archaic]
Chaucer. Longfellow.
He fair the knight saluted, louting low.
Spenser.
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Lout, n. [Formerly also written lowt.]
A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
Sir P. Sidney.
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Lout, v. t.
To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
[Obs.]
Shak.
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