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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a part of the city far removed from the center;
- Example: "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"
[syn: outskirt, fringe]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Outskirt \Out"skirt`\, n.
   A part remote from the center, and near the outer edge;
   border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a
   town. --Wordsworth.
   [1913 Webster]

         The outskirts of his march of mystery.   --Keble.
   [1913 Webster]