SKIRMISH
Skir"mish, n.Etym: [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.
2. A slight contest. They never meet but there's a skirmish of wit. Shak.
SKIRMISHER
Skir"mish*er, n.
Defn: One who skirmishes. Specifically: pl. (Mil.)
Defn: Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column.
SKIRR
Skirr, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Scur, Scurry.]
Defn: To ramble over in order to clear; to scour. [Archaic] Shak.
SKIRR
Skirr, v. i.
Defn: To scour; to scud; to run. [Archaic]