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skiff
[skif] 
–noun
| any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person. |
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| skiff
(skĭf) Pronunciation Key
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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| skiff | |
noun | |
| any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor |
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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.
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