Index of English words, starting with "sk"

(1) - Skirl (n.) A shrill cry or sound.
(2) - Skirl (v. t.& i.) To utter in a shrill tone; to scream.

(1) - Skirmish (v. i.) A slight contest.
(2) - Skirmish (v. i.) A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops.
(3) - Skirmish (v. i.) To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.

(1) - Skirmisher (n.) Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column.
(2) - Skirmisher (n.) One who skirmishes.

(1) - Skirret (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Sium, / Pimpinella, Sisarum). It is a native of Asia, but has been long cultivated in Europe for its edible clustered tuberous roots, which are very sweet.

(1) - Skirt (v. t.) To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
(2) - Skirt (v. t.) To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.
(3) - Skirt (v. t.) To cover with a skirt; to surround.
(4) - Skirt (n.) The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
(5) - Skirt (n.) A petticoat.
(6) - Skirt (n.) Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything
(7) - Skirt (n.) A loose edging to any part of a dress.
(8) - Skirt (n.) 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.