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• skirt — pet·ti·skirt; skirt; skirt·er; skirt·ing·ly; skirt·less; micro·skirt; mini·skirt; mini·skirt·ed; …   English syllables

• flar´ing|ly — flar|ing «FLAIR ihng», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. burning with a broad, irregular flame; flaming: »flaring tapers brightening as they waste (Oliver Goldsmith). 2. Figurative. showy; gaudy: »The modern building had a sort of flaring beauty. 3 …   Useful english dictionary

• flar|ing — «FLAIR ihng», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. burning with a broad, irregular flame; flaming: »flaring tapers brightening as they waste (Oliver Goldsmith). 2. Figurative. showy; gaudy: »The modern building had a sort of flaring beauty. 3 …   Useful english dictionary

• skirtingly — skirt·ing·ly …   English syllables

• skirting — skirt|ing noun count or uncount 1. ) BRITISH a BASEBOARD 2. ) something that covers the lower part of something such as a machine …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ly — ly·so·genesis; ly·so·genetic; Ly·sol; ly·so·lecithin; ly·so·zyme; ly·syl; ly·thra·ce·ae; ly·thra·les; ly·thrum; mach·i·a·vel·li·an·ly; ma·chine·ly; mac·ro·ceph·a·ly; mad·ly; mag·i·cal·ly; mag·is·te·ri·al·ly; mag·is·tral·ly; mag·net·i·cal·ly;… …   English syllables

• Skirting — Skirt ing, n. 1. (Arch.) A skirting board. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts. [1913 Webster] {Skirting board}, the board running around a room on the wall next the floor; baseboard. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Skirting board — Skirting Skirt ing, n. 1. (Arch.) A skirting board. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts. [1913 Webster] {Skirting board}, the board running around a room on the wall next the floor; baseboard. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• skirting board — also skirt|ing [ˈskə:tıŋ US ˈskə:r ] n [U and C] BrE a long narrow piece of wood that is fastened along the bottom of the walls in a room American Equivalent: baseboard …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• skirty — /ˈskɜti/ (say skertee) adjective (of wool) inferior in quality because it contains or resembles skirtings. {skirt(ing) (def. 3) + y1} …