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SKIFF

\skˈɪf], \skˈɪf], \s_k_ˈɪ_f]\

Definitions of SKIFF

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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To navigate in a skiff.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To navigate in a skiff.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A small, light boat for rowing.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To pass over in a light boat.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To pass over in a light boat.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. [German, Latin ] A small, light boat; a yawl;â€”also, a light wherry employed to cross a river; hence, colloquially, any light thing that passes by, as a breeze of wind, a shower of lain, a fit or temper or of contention, &c.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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