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skirmish

skirmish is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops.
  2. 2.A slight contest. They never meet but there's a skirmish of wit. Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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