SKIFFED

Verb

skiffed

simple past tense and past participle of skiff

Source: Wiktionary


SKIFF

Skiff, n. Etym: [F. esquif, fr. OHG. skif, G. schiff. See Ship.]

Definition: A small, light boat. The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff. Milton. Skiff caterpillar (Zoöl.), the larva of a moth (Limacodes scapha); -- so called from its peculiar shape.

Skiff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skiffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Skiffing.]

Definition: To navigate in a skiff. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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