SKIRT, n.
1. The lower and loose part of a coat or other garment the part below the waist as the skirt of a coat or mantle. 1 Samuel 15
2. The edge of any part of dress.
3. Border edge margin extreme part as the skirt of a forest the skirt of a town.
4. A woman's garment like a petticoat.
5. The diaphragm or midriff in animals.
To spread the skirt over, in Scripture, to take under one's care and protection Ruth 3
SKIRT, To border to form the border or edge or to run along the edge as a plain skirted by rows of trees a circuit skirted round with wood.
SKIRT, To be on the border to live near the extremity.
Savages--who skirt along our western frontiers.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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