Skirt , v. t. To be on the border; to live near the
border, or extremity.
Savages . . .
who skirt along our western frontiers.
S. S. Smith.
Skirt , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skirted;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Skirting.]
1. To cover with
a skirt; to
surround.
Skirted
his loins and thighs with downy gold.
Milton.
2. To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the
edge of; as,
the plain was skirted by rows of trees. "When sundown skirts the moor." Tennyson.
Skirt (?), n. [OE.
skyrt, of Scand. origin;
cf. Icel. skyrta a shirt,
Sw. skört a skirt,
skjorta a shirt. See Shirt.]
1. The lower and loose part of
a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as,
the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.
2. A loose edging to any part of a dress. [Obs.]
A narrow lace, or a small skirt of ruffled linen, which runs along the upper part of the
stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part
of the tucker, is called the modesty piece.
Addison.
3. Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything "Here in the
skirts of the forest." Shak.
4.
A petticoat.
5. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
Dunglison.
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