They never meet but there's a skirmish of wit.
Shak.
Skir"mish*er (?), n. One who skirmishes. Specifically: pl. (Mil.)
Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an
advancing army or a marching column.
Skirr (?), v. t. [Cf. Scur, Scurry.] To ramble over in order to clear;
to scour. [Archaic] Shak.