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Webster 1913 Edition


Scarmoge

{

Scar′mage

,

Scar′moge

, }
Noun.
A slight contest; a skirmish. See
Skirmish
.
[Obs.]
Such cruel game my
scarmoges
disarms.
Spenser.

Definition 2024


scarmoge

scarmoge

English

Noun

scarmoge (plural scarmoges)

  1. Obsolete form of skirmish. [16th c.]
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:
      Such cruell game my scarmoges disarmes: / Another warre, and other weapons I / Doe loue [...].