Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who skirts or goes around the borders of anything; specifically, in hunting, a huntsman or dog who goes around a high hedge, or gate, etc., instead of over or through it.
- n. A dialectal form of squirter.
Examples
“That is the problem with the Nobama followers .... he is such a good skirter of issues that they don't even notice that he ADDRESSES NOTHING.”
“_ -- A hound which is wide of the pack, or a man riding wide of the hounds, is called a skirter.”
“He doubted, indeed, whether he would take Desperate, who was an incorrigible skirter; but as she was not much worse in this respect than”
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A-Hunting We Will Go
Hunting terms. See also http://www.wordnik.com/lists/hunting-cries
gorgeaunt, forloyne, dryfoot, foothot, fimashing, allay, mort, coursing, strake, battue, jink, jack and 27 more...
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