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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Skirt \Skirt\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Skirted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skirting}.]
1. To cover with a skirt; to surround.
Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold. --Milton.
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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