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English Dictionary: skirt	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skirt n cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar Synonym(s): annulus, skirt informal terms for a (young) woman Synonym(s): dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird v avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" Synonym(s): hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast" form the edge of extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" Synonym(s): surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
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[94]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 [bd]Here in the skirts of the forest.[b8] --Shak. 4. A petticoat. 5. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals. --Dunglison.
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. [bd]When sundown skirts the moor.[b8] --Tennyson.