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Skirr definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SKIRR, v.t. To scour; to ramble over in order to clear.
SKIRR, v.i. To scour; to scud; to run hastily.

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: perhaps alteration of ³scour Date: circa 1548 intransitive verb 1. to leave hastily ; flee <birds skirred off from the bushes — D. H. Lawrence> 2. to run, fly, sail, or move along rapidly transitive verb 1. to search about in <skirr the country round — Shakespeare> 2. to pass rapidly over ; skim

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. move rapidly esp. with a whirring sound. Etymology: perh. rel. to SCOUR(1) or SCOUR(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Skirr Skirr, v. t. [Cf. Scur, Scurry.] To ramble over in order to clear; to scour. [Archaic] --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Skirr Skirr, v. i. To scour; to scud; to run. [Archaic]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Skirr Skirr, n. (Zo["o]l.) A tern. [Prov. Eng.]