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skirmishing

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skirmish  \Skir"mish\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Skirmished};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Skirmishing}.]  [OE.  skirmishen,  scarmishen  OF 
  escremir  eskermir  to  fence,  fight,  F.  escrimer,  of  German 
  origin;  cf  OHG.  scirmen  to  protect,  defend,  G.  schirmen 
  OHG.  scirm,  scerm,  protection,  shield,  G.  schirm;  perhaps 
  akin  to  Gr  ????  a  sunshade.  Cf  {Scaramouch},  {Scrimmage}.] 
  To  fight  slightly  or  in  small  parties;  to  engage  in  a 
  skirmish  or  skirmishes;  to  act  as  skirmishers.




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