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skiff |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Skiff \Skiff\, n. [F. esquif fr OHG. skif, G. schiff. See {Ship}.] A small light boat. The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff. --Milton. {Skiff caterpillar} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a moth ({Limacodes scapha}); -- so called from its peculiar shape. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Skiff \Skiff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skiffed}; p. pr & vb n. {Skiffing}.] To navigate in a skiff. [R.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: skiff n : any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
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