Lout \Lout\, v. i. [OE. louten, luten, AS. l?tan; akin to Icel. l?ta, Dan. lude, OHG. l?z?n 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 \Lout\, n. [Formerly also written lowt.]

A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin. --Sir P. Sidney.

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Lout \Lout\, v. t. To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. [Obs.]

--Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)