Hypertext Webster Gateway: "skirt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skirt \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skirt \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skirt \Skirt\, n. [OE. skyrt, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skyrta
a shirt, Sw. sk["o]rt 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
skirt
n 1: cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the
waist
2: a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and
women
3: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: {dame}, {doll}, {wench},
{chick}, {bird}]
v 1: avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues;
"He dodged the issue" [syn: {hedge}, {fudge}, {evade}, {put
off}, {circumvent}, {parry}, {elude}, {dodge}, {duck}, {sidestep}]
2: pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat
skirted the coast"
3: form the edge or
4: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest
surrounds my property" [syn: {surround}, {border}]
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