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skiff

  [skif]
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–noun
any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.
Origin:
1565–75; < early It schifo < OHG scif ship

Related forms:
skiffless, adjective
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skiff   (skĭf)   
n.  A flatbottom open boat of shallow draft, having a pointed bow and a square stern and propelled by oars, sail, or motor.

[Middle English skif, from Old French esquif, from Old Italian schifo, of Germanic origin.]
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skiff 
"small boat," 1575, from Fr. esquif (1549), from It. schifo "little boat," from a Gmc. source (e.g. O.H.G. scif "boat;" see ship (n.)). Originally the small boat of a ship.
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