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Skirmished :: Skirmished (imp. & p. p.) of Skirmis.

Skirmisher :: Skirmisher (n.) Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column..

Brush :: Brush (n.) A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy..

Skirmish :: 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..

Velitation :: Velitation (n.) A dispute or contest; a slight contest; a skirmish.

Flanker :: Flanker (n.) One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body..

Skirmish :: Skirmish (v. i.) To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.

Skirmish :: Skirmish (v. i.) A slight contest.

Tirailleur :: Tirailleur (n.) Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers..

Uhlan :: Uhlan (n.) One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin, first introduced into European armies in Poland. They are armed with lances, pistols, and sabers, and are employed chiefly as skirmishers..

Rencounter :: Rencounter (v. i.) To meet unexpectedly; to encounter in a hostile manner; to come in collision; to skirmish.

Scarmoge :: Scarmoge (n.) A slight contest; a skirmish. See Skirmish.

Retire :: Retire (n.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back..

Bicker :: Bicker (v. i.) To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.

Skirmishing :: Skirmishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skirmis.

Hurtle :: Hurtle (v. t.) To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.

Skirmisher :: Skirmisher (n.) One who skirmishes.

Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A skirmish; an encounter.

Bickering :: Bickering (n.) A skirmishing.

Pickeer :: Pickeer (v. i.) To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See Picaroon..

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