Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Skiff"
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) 1.7 (wn)
skiff
n : any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or
by a motor
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