| Skirt (skirt) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Skirt |
| [OE. skyrt, of
Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skyrta a shirt, Sw. skört
a skirt, skjorta a shirt. See Shirt.] |
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.
A loose edging to any part of a
dress.
Border; edge; margin; extreme part of
anything
A petticoat.
The diaphragm, or midriff, in
animals.
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To cover with a skirt] to
surround.
To border; to form the border or edge of;
to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of
trees.
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To be on the border;
to live near the border, or extremity.
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