beskirt

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verb

To border; lie on the outskirts of.

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Meanings

verbbeskirt (third-person singular simple present beskirts, present participle beskirting, simple past and past participle beskirted)

present singular third person beskirts · participle present beskirting · participle past beskirted · past beskirted

  1. transitiveTo border; lie on the outskirts of.

    Pitrodie's woods beskirt the feet Of heath-clad Ben-na-chie, And through their shade the breezes fleet, And hum from tree to tree.

    1892, J.Y. Mather, Poems

Origin

From be- + skirt.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

brisket
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APA

beskirt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beskirt

MLA

“beskirt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beskirt. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beskirt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beskirt.

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