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Definition of Skirr
1. v. t. To ramble over in order to clear; to scour.
2. v. i. To scour; to scud; to run.
3. n. A tern.
Definition of Skirr
1. Verb. (intransitive) To leave hastily; to flee. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To search about in ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Skirr
1. to move rapidly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Skirr
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Skirr
Literary usage of Skirr
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"To skirr. To run swiftly, in various directions; perhaps from scorrere, Italian,
... Shakespeare employs skirr in a similar phrase, in which it seems rather ..."
2. The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr. of by William Shakespeare (1806)
"Send out more horses, skirr the country round ;s Hang those that talk of ...
The word is used hy Beaumont and Fletcher, in The Martial Maid: 6 skirr the ..."
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