Dictionary of the Scots Language:: SND :: skirmish n v1

Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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SKIRMISH, n., v.¹ Also in vbl.n. skirmishin. Sc. usage: a slight drifting snowfall, a flurry of snow (ne.Sc. 1970).

[Cf. the somewhat sim. semantic development of Eng. flurry.]

Skirmish n., v.¹

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