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skirt
(mass) | skirt
- sukne |
skirt
(encz) | skirt,chlopeň Zdeněk Brož |
skirt
(encz) | skirt,obruba n: Zdeněk Brož |
skirt
(encz) | skirt,okraj Zdeněk Brož |
skirt
(encz) | skirt,sukně n: |
skirt
(encz) | skirt,ženská adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Skirt
(gcide) | 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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Skirt
(gcide) | 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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Skirt
(gcide) | 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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skirt
(wn) | 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] |
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outskirts
(mass) | outskirts
- predmestie |
full skirt
(encz) | full skirt, n: |
gathered skirt
(encz) | gathered skirt, n: |
grass skirt
(encz) | grass skirt, n: |
hobble skirt
(encz) | hobble skirt, n: |
hoop skirt
(encz) | hoop skirt, |
hoopskirt
(encz) | hoopskirt,krinolína n: zast. web |
miniskirt
(encz) | miniskirt,minisukně Zdeněk Brož |
outskirt
(encz) | outskirt,okraj Zdeněk Brož |
outskirts
(encz) | outskirts,okolí Zdeněk Brožoutskirts,předměstí Zdeněk Brož |
overskirt
(encz) | overskirt, n: |
piston skirt
(encz) | piston skirt,plášť pístu [tech.] Suky |
skirt chaser
(encz) | skirt chaser, n: |
skirt of tasses
(encz) | skirt of tasses, n: |
skirting
(encz) | skirting,lemování n: Zdeněk Brož |
skirting board
(encz) | skirting board, n: |
skirts
(encz) | skirts,sukně pl. Zdeněk Brož |
underskirt
(encz) | underskirt,spodní sukně Zdeněk Brož |
Foreskirt
(gcide) | Foreskirt \Fore"skirt`\, n.
The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the
train.
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Honor's train
Is longer than his foreskirt. --Shak.
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Hobble skirt
(gcide) | Hobble skirt \Hob"ble skirt\
A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom
of movement after the fashion of a hobble. --
Hob"ble-skirt`ed, a.
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Hobble-skirted
(gcide) | Hobble skirt \Hob"ble skirt\
A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom
of movement after the fashion of a hobble. --
Hob"ble-skirt`ed, a.
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Hoop skirt
(gcide) | Hoop \Hoop\, n. [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.]
1. A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form,
and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of
casks, tubs, etc.
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2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as
the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in
making cheese.
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3. A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone,
metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the
skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline; -- used chiefly in
the plural.
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Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of
whale. --Pope.
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4. A quart pot; -- so called because originally bound with
hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents
measured by the distance between the hoops. [Obs.]
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5. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from
one to four pecks. [Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Bulge hoop, Chine hoop, Quarter hoop, the hoop nearest
the middle of a cask, that nearest the end, and the
intermediate hoop between these two, respectively.
Flat hoop, a wooden hoop dressed flat on both sides.
Half-round hoop, a wooden hoop left rounding and undressed
on the outside.
Hoop iron, iron in thin narrow strips, used for making
hoops.
Hoop lock, the fastening for uniting the ends of wooden
hoops by notching and interlocking them.
Hoop skirt, a framework of hoops for expanding the skirts
of a woman's dress; -- called also hoop petticoat.
Hoop snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of the Southern United
States (Abaster erythrogrammus); -- so called from the
mistaken notion that it curves itself into a hoop, taking
its tail into its mouth, and rolls along with great
velocity.
Hoop tree (Bot.), a small West Indian tree ({Melia
sempervirens}), of the Mahogany family.
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hoopskirt
(gcide) | hoopskirt \hoopskirt\ n.
a skirt stiffened with hoops.
Syn: crinoline.
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Outskirt
(gcide) | Outskirt \Out"skirt`\, n.
A part remote from the center, and near the outer edge;
border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a
town. --Wordsworth.
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The outskirts of his march of mystery. --Keble.
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Overskirt
(gcide) | Overskirt \O"ver*skirt`\, n.
An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped.
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Skirt
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]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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Skirted
(gcide) | 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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Skirting
(gcide) | Skirting \Skirt"ing\, n.
1. (Arch.) A skirting board. [R.]
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2. Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts.
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Skirting board, the board running around a room on the wall
next the floor; baseboard.
[1913 Webster]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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Skirting board
(gcide) | Skirting \Skirt"ing\, n.
1. (Arch.) A skirting board. [R.]
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2. Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts.
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Skirting board, the board running around a room on the wall
next the floor; baseboard.
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Underskirt
(gcide) | Underskirt \Un"der*skirt`\, n.
A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress.
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ballet skirt
(wn) | ballet skirt
n 1: very short skirt worn by ballerinas [syn: ballet skirt,
tutu] |
full skirt
(wn) | full skirt
n 1: a long skirt gathered at the waist |
gathered skirt
(wn) | gathered skirt
n 1: a skirt whose fabric is drawn together around the waist |
grass skirt
(wn) | grass skirt
n 1: a skirt made of long blades of grass |
hobble skirt
(wn) | hobble skirt
n 1: a long skirt very narrow below the knees, worn between 1910
and 1914 |
hoopskirt
(wn) | hoopskirt
n 1: a skirt stiffened with hoops [syn: hoopskirt,
crinoline] |
miniskirt
(wn) | miniskirt
n 1: a very short skirt [syn: miniskirt, mini] |
outskirt
(wn) | outskirt
n 1: a part of the city far removed from the center; "they built
a factory on the outskirts of the city" [syn: outskirt,
fringe] |
outskirts
(wn) | outskirts
n 1: outlying areas (as of a city or town); "they lived on the
outskirts of Houston"; "they mingled in the outskirts of
the crowd" |
overskirt
(wn) | overskirt
n 1: an outer skirt worn over another skirt |
skirt chaser
(wn) | skirt chaser
n 1: a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
[syn: wolf, woman chaser, skirt chaser, masher] |
skirt of tasses
(wn) | skirt of tasses
n 1: armor plate that protects the body below the waist |
skirting
(wn) | skirting
adj 1: being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling
arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting" [syn:
encircling(a), skirting(a)] |
skirting board
(wn) | skirting board
n 1: a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor
[syn: baseboard, mopboard, skirting board] |
underskirt
(wn) | underskirt
n 1: undergarment worn under a skirt [syn: petticoat, {half-
slip}, underskirt] |
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