Skirted

Skirted
Skirt Skirt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skirted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skirting}.] 1. To cover with a skirt; to surround. [1913 Webster]

Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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