transitive. To go or move by the side or border of (a place, etc.); to skirt. Obsolete.

transitive. To coast along, skirt; to make the circuit of, to round (a point of land). Obsolete.

transitive. Perhaps: to pass along the border of (a place). Obsolete.

Of persons, ships, etc.: To go or pass along the border, edge, or side of (a country, district, etc.); to go round, in place of crossing.

intransitive. to scrape along: to manage or ‘get along’ with difficulty. to scrape through: to get through a trial, an examination, so as just to…

transitive. To pass along the outskirts of; to outmanoeuvre.