Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fence; skirmish.
- To fence with; fight; strike.
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Examples
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Let's hope not; but they're deadly quick to spot skirm -- little things of that kind.
The Story of the Gadsbys Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Ignorent here, Wee have an Accott. of some skirm [ishes] between the Dutch & French but no further My sister Wormeley hath Desir'd me to advise you that a 5th. part of the produce of Last Years Cropp belongs to her, this year she hath taken her pro = portion to her self.
Letter from Robert Carter to Thomas Corbin, 1702 July 15 1702
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