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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A flatbottom open boat of shallow draft, having a pointed bow and a square stern and propelled by oars, sail, or motor.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Formerly, a small sailing vessel resembling a sloop.
  2. n. Now, a small boat propelled by oars.
  3. To sail upon or pass over in a skiff or light boat.
  4. Oblique; distorted; awkward.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.
  2. n. Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.
  3. n. A light wind/rain/snow, etc.
  4. n. slang Used when referring to anyone (typically rednecks and fishermen) who has a degree of intelligence, but believes they are more than they actually are.
  5. v. To navigate in a skiff.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A small, light boat.
  2. v. rare To navigate in a skiff.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor

Etymologies

  1. From Middle French esquif, from Old Italian schifo ("small boat"), from Lombardic *skif (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *skipan (“boat, ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to split, cut”). Cognate with Old High German skif ("boat, ship"), Old English scip ("small craft, boat"). More at ship. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English skif, from Old French esquif, from Old Italian schifo, of Germanic origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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