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Pronunciation : Skirt
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. skyrt, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skyrta a shirt, Sw. sk?rt a skirt, skjorta a shirt. See Shirt.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Skirt
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Skirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Skirting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Skirt
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity. Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers. S. S. Smith.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913