skir

That was what his scouts were out looking for now'skir'mishers, traps, false trails.

Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

Several rangers were dispatched to "skir" the country round in quest of them.

A Tour on the Prairies. 1835

After all the months of fighting, this skir - mish, the battle of the Masur Tierman-dae-so named for the dry bed of the stream that had shaped the ravine-was easily the most one-sided of the entire conflict.

Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

After all the months of fighting, this skir - mish, the battle of the Masur Tierman-dae-so named for the dry bed of the stream that had shaped the ravine-was easily the most one-sided of the entire conflict.

Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

Fancy such a dep - rivation in war, for instance, where it is the sounds, after all, that haunt the memory the long - est; the rifle's crack, the irregular shots of skir - mishers, the long roll of alarm, the roar of great guns.

Oldport Days 1873

For months past one of these has sailed by my window every evening uttering a hissing 'skir-r-r.'

The Amateur Poacher Richard Jefferies 1867

Whence can come no coster-mongers 'cries, no agitating skir of bagpipes or the maddening hurdy-gurdy, no

Erema — My Father's Sin 1862

His eyes glared with a fiery lustre: the skir-r-r of his rattles could be heard almost incessantly; while with his upraised head he struck repeatedly in the direction of his enemy.

The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Mayne Reid 1850

The two last, though inferior in size to the boas, are more to be dreaded; and my horse springs back when he sees the one glistening through the grass, or hears the "skir-r-r-r" of the other threatening to strike.

The Rifle Rangers Mayne Reid 1850

Procured a very good hack at Tattersal's, and daily "skir the country round."

Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. Tyrone Power 1818