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skirt

SKIRT, n.

1. The lower and loose part of a coat or other garment; the part below the waist; as the skirt of a coat or mantle. 1 Sam.15.

2. The edge of any part of dress.

3. Border; edge; margin; extreme part; as the skirt of a forest; the skirt of a town.

4. A woman's garment like a petticoat.

5. The diaphragm or midriff in animals.

To spread the skirt over, in Scripture, to take under one's care and protection Ruth.3.

SKIRT, v.t. To border; to form the border or edge; or to run along the edge; as a plain skirted by rows of trees; a circuit skirted round with wood.

SKIRT, v.i. To be on the border; to live near the extremity.

Savages--who skirt along our western frontiers.



Evolution (or devolution) of this word [skirt]

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SKIRT, n.

1. The lower and loose part of a coat or other garment; the part below the waist; as the skirt of a coat or mantle. 1 Sam.15.

2. The edge of any part of dress.

3. Border; edge; margin; extreme part; as the skirt of a forest; the skirt of a town.

4. A woman's garment like a petticoat.

5. The diaphragm or midriff in animals.

To spread the skirt over, in Scripture, to take under one's care and protection Ruth.3.

SKIRT, v.t. To border; to form the border or edge; or to run along the edge; as a plain skirted by rows of trees; a circuit skirted round with wood.

SKIRT, v.i. To be on the border; to live near the extremity.

Savages--who skirt along our western frontiers.


SKIRT, n. [skurt; Sw. skiorta, a shift or close garment; Dan. skior, a petticoat; skiorte, a shirt, a shift. These words seem to be from the root of short, from cutting off.]

  1. The lower and loose part of a coat or other garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat or mantle. – 1 Sam. xv.
  2. The edge of any part of dress. – Addison.
  3. Border; edge; margin; extreme part; as, the skirt of a forest; the skirt of a town. – Dryden.
  4. A woman's garment like a petticoat.
  5. The diaphragm or midriff in animals. To spread the skirt over, in Scripture, to take under one's a care and protection. Ruth iii.

SKIRT, v.i.

To be on the border; to live near the extremity. Savages … who skirt along our western frontiers. – S. S. Smith.


SKIRT, v.t.

To border; to form the border or edge; or to run along the edge; as, a plain skirted by rows of trees; a circuit skirted round with wood. Addison.


Skirt
  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. To cover with a skirt] to surround.

    Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold. Milton.

  3. To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.

    Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers. S. S. Smith.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.
  6. Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything

    "Here in the skirts of the forest." Shak.
  7. A petticoat.
  8. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.

    Dunglison.
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Skirt

SKIRT, noun

1. The lower and loose part of a coat or other garment; the part below the waist; as the skirt of a coat or mantle. 1 Samuel 15:27.

2. The edge of any part of dress.

3. Border; edge; margin; extreme part; as the skirt of a forest; the skirt of a town.

4. A woman's garment like a petticoat.

5. The diaphragm or midriff in animals.

To spread the skirt over, in Scripture, to take under one's care and protection Ruth 3:9.

SKIRT, verb transitive To border; to form the border or edge; or to run along the edge; as a plain skirted by rows of trees; a circuit skirted round with wood.

SKIRT, verb intransitive To be on the border; to live near the extremity.

Savages--who skirt along our western frontiers.

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