The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Skirt \Skirt\, v. t.
   To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
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         Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers.
                                                  --S. S. Smith.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   2. A loose edging to any part of a dress. [Obs.]
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            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.
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   3. Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything "Here in
      the skirts of the forest." --Shak.
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   4. A petticoat.
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   5. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals. --Dunglison.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Skirt \Skirt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skirted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Skirting.]
   1. To cover with a skirt; to surround.
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            Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold.
                                                  --Milton.
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   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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature
       mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar [syn: annulus,
       skirt]
    4: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll,
       wench, skirt, chick, bird]
    v 1: 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"
         [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent,
         parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
    2: pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat
       skirted the coast"
    3: form the edge of
    4: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest
       surrounds my property" [syn: surround, environ, ring,
       skirt, border]