Bible Dictionaries
Skirmish
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. i.) A slight contest.
(2):
(v. i.) A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops.
(3):
(v. i.) To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Skirmish'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/skirmish.html. 1828.