- (v.t.) To be on the border; to live near the border or extremity.
- (n.) A loose edging to any part of a dress.
- (n.) A petticoat.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) The diaphragm or midriff, in animals.
- (n.) Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
- (v.t.) To cover with a skirt; to surround.
- (v.t.) To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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