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(), n.[OE. skyrt, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skyrta a shirt, Sw. skrt 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. 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 v. t.To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity. Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers. S. S. Smith. スポンサード リンク
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