Obs. Also 6 escharmousch. [a. Fr. escarmoucher, f. escarmouche: see prec.] a. intr. To skirmish. b. trans. To skirmish with; to engage.
1549. Compl. Scot., ix. (1872), 73. Leonides … escharmouschit xerxes gryt armye, and sleu tuenty thousand persuns.
1560. Daus, trans. Sleidane’s Comm., 258. For he had hearde only of a fewe Spaniardes, that laye therin garrison, and them wold he haue prouoked to escarmouche.
