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• Skirmish — Skir mish, n.[OE. scarmishe, scrymishe. See {Skirmish}, v. i.] 1. A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops. [1913 Webster] 2. A slight contest. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Skirmish — Skir mish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Skirmished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skirmishing}.] [OE. skirmishen, scarmishen, OF. escremir, eskermir, to fence, fight, F. escrimer, of German origin; cf. OHG. scirmen to protect, defend, G. schirmen, OHG. scirm, scerm …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Skirmish at Many Branch Point — Part of Falklands War Date 10 June 1982 Location North of Port Howard, West Falkland …   Wikipedia

• skirmish — [n] fight altercation, argument, battle, bout, brawl, brush, clash, combat, conflict, confrontation, disagreement, dispute, encounter, engagement, feud, fisticuffs*, fracas, fray, melee, quarrel, row, ruckus, rumble, run in*, scrap*, scuffle,… …   New thesaurus

• skirmish — ► NOUN ▪ an episode of irregular or unpremeditated fighting. ► VERB ▪ engage in a skirmish. DERIVATIVES skirmisher noun. ORIGIN from Old French eskirmir, from a Germanic verb meaning defend …   English terms dictionary

• skirmish — [skʉr′mish] n. [ME scarmoch < MFr escharmuche < It scaramuccia < schermire, to fight < Gmc, as in OHG * skirmjan, to protect < skirm, a guard: see SCREEN] 1. a brief fight or encounter between small groups, usually an incident of a …   English World dictionary

• skirmish — index affray, collision (dispute), commotion, confront (oppose), confrontation (altercation) …   Law dictionary

• skirmish — n *encounter, brush Analogous words: *contest, conflict, combat, fight, affray, fray: engagement, action, *battle …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• skirmish — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, little, minor, small ▪ border ▪ early, first, opening ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Skirmish at Island Mound — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Skirmish at Island Mound caption= partof=the American Civil War date=October 29, 1862 place=Bates County, Missouri result=Union victory combatant1=United States of America combatant2=Missouri State Guard… …   Wikipedia

• Skirmish at Waters Creek — The Skirmish at Waters Creek was a small skirmish during the American Revolutionary War between a group of local patriots and British troops. The skirmish occurred at Waters Creek in Newport News, Virginia, during the spring of 1781.cite book… …   Wikipedia