skiffn.¹

Brit.

/skɪf/, U.S.

/skɪf/

Forms: α. 1500s–1600s skiph, skiffe, 1500s skyfe, skyffe, 1500s– skiff. β. sciffe, 1600s sciph. γ. 1600s schiff(e, schiph.

Etymology: < French esquif (1549), Spanish esquife, Portuguese esquife, or Italian schifo: the source of the Romanic word is probably Old High German scif ship, boat.

1. A small seagoing boat, adapted for rowing and sailing; esp. one attached to a ship and used for purposes of communication, transport, towing, etc. Hence, a small light boat of any kind.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > small vessel

batelle1330

scafa1387

skiff1578

skippet1590

squiff1594

skift1656

small craft1676

small craft1735

runabout1898

mudboat1941

α.

1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 8 The Currant..was so fierce, that he could not get in with his Skiffe, because he had no helpe to row.

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 17 The hoounds harroing after [deer], az had they bin a number of skyphs[1585 skiphs] too the spoyl of a karuell.

1587 R. Greene Euphues sig. I2 Hee sent secretly one of his sonnes in a little skyfe to Pisandros.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vi. 26 Great ships haue also other small Boats called Shallops and Skiffes, which are with more ease..rowed to and againe.

1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 228 Those scouting Skiphs which were joined with the bigger sort of Pinnaces or light Vessels.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 18 Their Long-Boat, and a great Shalloup, besides a small Skiff.

1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery II. 96 The port of Lymington..is chiefly frequented by light skiffs, rigged in the cutter-form, with a jib and boom.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xx. 61 We took a little skiff that lay on the beach, and paddled off.

1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 95 In later times Lochryan was frequented by the skiffs of the Gaelic tribes.

in extended use.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 66 If in two skiphs of cork, a Loadstone and steele be placed. attributive.1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 45 The Skiff-boat ne'rd: I heard them talk.β. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 274 Themistocles sent Sicinnus his childrens Schoolemaister secretly in a Sciffe towards the Persians.1656 T. Blount Glossographia Skiff or Sciph, a Ship-boat, properly all of one peece.γ. 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course iv. f. 46 To see him hidden in a little Schiffe, whom but a little before the whole Sea could not suffice.1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre ii. 51 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Where leaving their ships they took their journey, putting their schiffs upon waynes to passe the Poe with.1670 Relat. Siege of Candia 11 We found 3 Schiffs, or wherrys, drawn up upon rowlers.

2. spec.

a. A kind of clinker-built sculling- or pleasure-boat (see quot. 1886). Also, a long narrow racing-boat for one oarsman, outrigged, usually fitted with a sliding-seat, and covered in fore and aft with canvas.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > other types of rowing boat

coblec950

row barge1466

bark1477

rowing barge1548

galley1570

caïque1625

catur1653

dory1726

skiff1793

dinghy1810

panga1811

dinghy1818

randan1838

dragon boat1846

guinea-boat1867

drive boat1879

pea pod1884

in-rigger1893

pointer1901

sandolo1928

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > light or racing

boat1829

torpid1838

wager-boat1844

skiff1845

slogger1852

whiff1859

gig1865

best boat1866

shell1867

ship1878

sculling four1885

rum-tum1891

Togger1891

1793 in Quiller-Couch Rem. Oxford (O.H.S.) 200 Various vessels, moored in view, Skiff, gig, and cutter, or canoe.

1845 in Sherwood Oxford Rowing (1900) 26 All skiffs or boats constructed for less than four oars..are to be fitted..with a sufficient deck or covering made of wood or waterproof canvass.

1883 Boats of the World 26 Edward Hanlan's paper skiff, which..has been sent along faster than any one-man boat of either hemisphere.

1886 A. G. Bourne in Encycl. Brit. XXI. 31/2 The skiff is wider and longer than the gig and of greater depth, and, rising higher fore and aft, with rowlock placed on a curved and elevated gunwale,..rows lighter than the gig.

attributive.1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 46 Aug. 4/1 With rowlocks rising high from the gunwales, on the well-known skiff system still preferred on the Thames.1895 Daily News 6 July 10/1 The Skiff Club inaugurated its first season with a successful series of races in Teddington Reach.

b. A light kind of sailing-boat in use on the St. Lawrence. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > other sailing vessels

balinger1391

caliphe1393

buss1471

mahonnet1524

flute1567

mahone1572

shallopa1578

prahu1582

caïque1666

bullenger1670

hogboat1784

mistico1792

water-manikin1796

mistic1828

sailing-packet1842

sharpie1860

tjalk1861

botter1880

scow schooner1885

scow sloop1885

ghoster1886

sailing-trawler1891

sharp1891

skiff1891

palari1936

gulet1986

1891 Harper's Weekly 19 Sept. 713/4 High winds and heavy seas have no terrors for the skiff sailors.

1891 Harper's Weekly 19 Sept. 713/4 The manner of sailing these skiffs is unique.

Derivatives

ˈskiffless adj. without a skiff or skiffs.

ΚΠ

1835 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. vi. 98 Behind spreads wide a skiffless shore.

ˈskiffman n. one who mans a skiff.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > sailor on other types of craft

brigantiner1555

gondolier1603

collier1716

Greenlandman?1785

junkman1795

surfman1816

Whitehaller1824

gig1833

yawler1833

coracler1834

keel-boatman1839

square-rigger1855

surf boatman1856

skiffman1868

flatman1883

yawlsman1885

packet rat1887

hookerman1894

scooterist1919

launchman1924

sampan-wallah1932

tanker man1932

hydrocyclist-

1868 D. Gorrie Summers & Winters in Orkneys vii. 231 The skiffmen make good bargains.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

skiffn.²

Brit.

/skɪf/, U.S.

/skɪf/, Scottish English

/skɪf/

Etymology: < skiff v.²

Chiefly Scottish.

1. A slight gust of wind or shower of rain, etc. Also, a light flurry or cover of snow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > puff of

pufflOE

breathc1400

fuff1535

whiff1603

whift1614

tifta1765

cat's paw1769

skift1808

flaff1827

skiff1827

whiffle1842

whisp1884

quiff1912

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > shower > slight

spitting1707

smur1830

skit1847

spit1849

skiff1895

whisp1923

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > a fall of snow > slight fall of snow

snite1548

skift1808

skiff1930

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 56 Whan skiffs o' wind blaw aff the brae.

1870 in Public Opinion 23 July 110 An occasional skiff with the syringe, to keep the foliage free from dust.

1895 N. Brit. Daily Mail 20 June 4 Notwithstanding a slight skiff of rain.

1930 Dial. Notes 6 88 Skiff or skift as applied to snow..means a thin coating.

1959 E. Collier Three against Wilderness xix. 193 I saw the track in a skiff of snow, half a mile from the cabin.

1966 M. E. Murie & O. Murie Wapiti Wilderness iv. 44 We were glad enough to have a skiff of snow, it made study and counting of tracks so much easier.

1975 Budget (Sugarcreek, Ohio) 20 Mar. 10/5 The weather..has been colder with skiffs of snow here and there.

2. A slight sketch, trace, touch, etc., of something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a slight touch or trace

specec1330

taste1390

lisounc1400

savourc1400

smatcha1500

smell?a1505

spice1531

smack1539

shadow1586

surmise1586

relish1590

tang1593

touch1597

stain1609

tincture1612

dasha1616

soula1616

twanga1640

whiff1644

haut-goût1650

casta1661

stricturea1672

tinge1736

tinct1752

vestige1756

smattering1764

soupçon1766

smutch1776

shade1791

suspicion1809

lineament1811

trait1815

tint1817

trace1827

skiff1839

spicing1844

smudgea1871

ghost1887

1839 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch (rev. ed.) xxvii. 363 Wait a moment, till I give a skiff of description of our neighbour Reuben.

1884 R. L. Stevenson Lett. (1901) I. vi. 320 I have had a skiff of cold and was finally obliged to take to bed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

skiffv.¹

Brit.

/skɪf/, U.S.

/skɪf/

Etymology: < skiff n.¹

†a. transitive. To cross, row, or sail over (a river) in a skiff. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > in specific type of craft

skiffa1625

raft1760

boat1835

canoe1932

kayak1932

a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) i. iii. 37 Perill and want contending, they have skift Torrents whose roring tyranny and power I'th least of these was dreadfull.

b. reflexive. To row or scull (oneself) in a skiff. In quot. 1865 figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > propel boat by oars, paddle, or pole [verb (reflexive)] > row in specific type of boat

skiff1865

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xvii. 303 I hope she steered herself, skiffed herself, paddled herself..to the ceremony.

2. intransitive. To row or scull in a skiff; to go on the river in a pleasure-skiff.

ΚΠ

1885 M. Pattison Mem. I. 151 We were together every day, skiffing, walking, teaing.

1898 T. Arnold in 19th Cent. Jan. 106 We used often to go skiffing up the Cherwell.

Derivatives

ˈskiffing n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [noun] > rowing > in specific type of boat

skiffing1869

gig-work1898

1869 McDougall in Morgan Univ. Oars (1873) 314 They..should..confine themselves to mild four-oars and skiffing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

skiffv.²

Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of skift v.², but compare scuff v.

Scottish.

1. intransitive. To move lightly and quickly, esp. so as barely to touch a surface; to glide, run, etc., in this manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > lightly over a surface

skim1591

graze1632

skiff1725

mirla1838

skitter1847

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i Neat she was..As she came skiffing o'er the dewy green.

a1758 A. Ramsay Guardians of Fair Watchful guardians of the fair, Who skiff on wings of ambient air.

1791 A. Wilson Laurel Disputed ii. 22 See Sweet Peggy skiffin ow'r the dewy lee.

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 66 He saw the Vicar..Fast scamperin' and skiffin'.

2. transitive. To touch lightly in passing over; to skim.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move or cause to move progressively in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > move lightly over or along

scum1513

shave1513

sweep1538

raze1555

grazea1616

frizzle1634

brush1647

brush1674

to brush (a thing) over1700

skim1796

skiff1807

scuff1818

skitter1885

swab1892

1807–10 R. Tannahill Poems (1846) 83 Rude storms assail the mountain's brow That lightly skiff the vale below.

1843 J. Nicholson Hist. & Tradit. Tales 234 [They] skiff the water on the wing.

Derivatives

ˈskiffing n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [noun] > lightly along or near a surface

graze1692

sweep1820

skima1851

skiffing1866

skitter1905

1866 R. Chambers Ess. 2nd Ser. 31 A hurrying across upper floors, and a skiffing up and down stairs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

n.¹1578

n.²1827

v.¹a1625

v.²1725

单词	skiff
释义	skiffn.¹ Brit. /skɪf/, U.S. /skɪf/ Forms: α. 1500s–1600s skiph, skiffe, 1500s skyfe, skyffe, 1500s– skiff. β. sciffe, 1600s sciph. γ. 1600s schiff(e, schiph. Etymology: < French esquif (1549), Spanish esquife, Portuguese esquife, or Italian schifo: the source of the Romanic word is probably Old High German scif ship, boat. 1. A small seagoing boat, adapted for rowing and sailing; esp. one attached to a ship and used for purposes of communication, transport, towing, etc. Hence, a small light boat of any kind. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > small vessel batelle1330 scafa1387 skiff1578 skippet1590 squiff1594 skift1656 small craft1676 small craft1735 runabout1898 mudboat1941 α. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 8 The Currant..was so fierce, that he could not get in with his Skiffe, because he had no helpe to row. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 17 The hoounds harroing after [deer], az had they bin a number of skyphs[1585 skiphs] too the spoyl of a karuell. 1587 R. Greene Euphues sig. I2 Hee sent secretly one of his sonnes in a little skyfe to Pisandros. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vi. 26 Great ships haue also other small Boats called Shallops and Skiffes, which are with more ease..rowed to and againe. 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 228 Those scouting Skiphs which were joined with the bigger sort of Pinnaces or light Vessels. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 18 Their Long-Boat, and a great Shalloup, besides a small Skiff. 1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery II. 96 The port of Lymington..is chiefly frequented by light skiffs, rigged in the cutter-form, with a jib and boom. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xx. 61 We took a little skiff that lay on the beach, and paddled off. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 95 In later times Lochryan was frequented by the skiffs of the Gaelic tribes. in extended use.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 66 If in two skiphs of cork, a Loadstone and steele be placed. View more context for this quotationattributive.1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 45 The Skiff-boat ne'rd: I heard them talk.β. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 274 Themistocles sent Sicinnus his childrens Schoolemaister secretly in a Sciffe towards the Persians.1656 T. Blount Glossographia Skiff or Sciph, a Ship-boat, properly all of one peece.γ. 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course iv. f. 46 To see him hidden in a little Schiffe, whom but a little before the whole Sea could not suffice.1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre ii. 51 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Where leaving their ships they took their journey, putting their schiffs upon waynes to passe the Poe with.1670 Relat. Siege of Candia 11 We found 3 Schiffs, or wherrys, drawn up upon rowlers. 2. spec. a. A kind of clinker-built sculling- or pleasure-boat (see quot. 1886). Also, a long narrow racing-boat for one oarsman, outrigged, usually fitted with a sliding-seat, and covered in fore and aft with canvas. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > other types of rowing boat coblec950 row barge1466 bark1477 rowing barge1548 galley1570 caïque1625 catur1653 dory1726 skiff1793 dinghy1810 panga1811 dinghy1818 randan1838 dragon boat1846 guinea-boat1867 drive boat1879 pea pod1884 in-rigger1893 pointer1901 sandolo1928 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > light or racing boat1829 torpid1838 wager-boat1844 skiff1845 slogger1852 whiff1859 gig1865 best boat1866 shell1867 ship1878 sculling four1885 rum-tum1891 Togger1891 1793 in Quiller-Couch Rem. Oxford (O.H.S.) 200 Various vessels, moored in view, Skiff, gig, and cutter, or canoe. 1845 in Sherwood Oxford Rowing (1900) 26 All skiffs or boats constructed for less than four oars..are to be fitted..with a sufficient deck or covering made of wood or waterproof canvass. 1883 Boats of the World 26 Edward Hanlan's paper skiff, which..has been sent along faster than any one-man boat of either hemisphere. 1886 A. G. Bourne in Encycl. Brit. XXI. 31/2 The skiff is wider and longer than the gig and of greater depth, and, rising higher fore and aft, with rowlock placed on a curved and elevated gunwale,..rows lighter than the gig. attributive.1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 46 Aug. 4/1 With rowlocks rising high from the gunwales, on the well-known skiff system still preferred on the Thames.1895 Daily News 6 July 10/1 The Skiff Club inaugurated its first season with a successful series of races in Teddington Reach. b. A light kind of sailing-boat in use on the St. Lawrence. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > other sailing vessels balinger1391 caliphe1393 buss1471 mahonnet1524 flute1567 mahone1572 shallopa1578 prahu1582 caïque1666 bullenger1670 hogboat1784 mistico1792 water-manikin1796 mistic1828 sailing-packet1842 sharpie1860 tjalk1861 botter1880 scow schooner1885 scow sloop1885 ghoster1886 sailing-trawler1891 sharp1891 skiff1891 palari1936 gulet1986 1891 Harper's Weekly 19 Sept. 713/4 High winds and heavy seas have no terrors for the skiff sailors. 1891 Harper's Weekly 19 Sept. 713/4 The manner of sailing these skiffs is unique. Derivatives ˈskiffless adj. without a skiff or skiffs. ΚΠ 1835 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. vi. 98 Behind spreads wide a skiffless shore. ˈskiffman n. one who mans a skiff. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > sailor on other types of craft brigantiner1555 gondolier1603 collier1716 Greenlandman?1785 junkman1795 surfman1816 Whitehaller1824 gig1833 yawler1833 coracler1834 keel-boatman1839 square-rigger1855 surf boatman1856 skiffman1868 flatman1883 yawlsman1885 packet rat1887 hookerman1894 scooterist1919 launchman1924 sampan-wallah1932 tanker man1932 hydrocyclist- 1868 D. Gorrie Summers & Winters in Orkneys vii. 231 The skiffmen make good bargains. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). skiffn.² Brit. /skɪf/, U.S. /skɪf/, Scottish English /skɪf/ Etymology: < skiff v.² Chiefly Scottish. 1. A slight gust of wind or shower of rain, etc. Also, a light flurry or cover of snow. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > puff of pufflOE breathc1400 fuff1535 whiff1603 whift1614 tifta1765 cat's paw1769 skift1808 flaff1827 skiff1827 whiffle1842 whisp1884 quiff1912 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > shower > slight spitting1707 smur1830 skit1847 spit1849 skiff1895 whisp1923 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > a fall of snow > slight fall of snow snite1548 skift1808 skiff1930 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 56 Whan skiffs o' wind blaw aff the brae. 1870 in Public Opinion 23 July 110 An occasional skiff with the syringe, to keep the foliage free from dust. 1895 N. Brit. Daily Mail 20 June 4 Notwithstanding a slight skiff of rain. 1930 Dial. Notes 6 88 Skiff or skift as applied to snow..means a thin coating. 1959 E. Collier Three against Wilderness xix. 193 I saw the track in a skiff of snow, half a mile from the cabin. 1966 M. E. Murie & O. Murie Wapiti Wilderness iv. 44 We were glad enough to have a skiff of snow, it made study and counting of tracks so much easier. 1975 Budget (Sugarcreek, Ohio) 20 Mar. 10/5 The weather..has been colder with skiffs of snow here and there. 2. A slight sketch, trace, touch, etc., of something. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a slight touch or trace specec1330 taste1390 lisounc1400 savourc1400 smatcha1500 smell?a1505 spice1531 smack1539 shadow1586 surmise1586 relish1590 tang1593 touch1597 stain1609 tincture1612 dasha1616 soula1616 twanga1640 whiff1644 haut-goût1650 casta1661 stricturea1672 tinge1736 tinct1752 vestige1756 smattering1764 soupçon1766 smutch1776 shade1791 suspicion1809 lineament1811 trait1815 tint1817 trace1827 skiff1839 spicing1844 smudgea1871 ghost1887 1839 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch (rev. ed.) xxvii. 363 Wait a moment, till I give a skiff of description of our neighbour Reuben. 1884 R. L. Stevenson Lett. (1901) I. vi. 320 I have had a skiff of cold and was finally obliged to take to bed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). skiffv.¹ Brit. /skɪf/, U.S. /skɪf/ Etymology: < skiff n.¹ 1. †a. transitive. To cross, row, or sail over (a river) in a skiff. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (transitive)] > in specific type of craft skiffa1625 raft1760 boat1835 canoe1932 kayak1932 a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) i. iii. 37 Perill and want contending, they have skift Torrents whose roring tyranny and power I'th least of these was dreadfull. View more context for this quotation b. reflexive. To row or scull (oneself) in a skiff. In quot. 1865 figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > propel boat by oars, paddle, or pole [verb (reflexive)] > row in specific type of boat skiff1865 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xvii. 303 I hope she steered herself, skiffed herself, paddled herself..to the ceremony. 2. intransitive. To row or scull in a skiff; to go on the river in a pleasure-skiff. ΚΠ 1885 M. Pattison Mem. I. 151 We were together every day, skiffing, walking, teaing. 1898 T. Arnold in 19th Cent. Jan. 106 We used often to go skiffing up the Cherwell. Derivatives ˈskiffing n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling boat by oars, paddle, or pole > [noun] > rowing > in specific type of boat skiffing1869 gig-work1898 1869 McDougall in Morgan Univ. Oars (1873) 314 They..should..confine themselves to mild four-oars and skiffing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). skiffv.² Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of skift v.², but compare scuff v. Scottish. 1. intransitive. To move lightly and quickly, esp. so as barely to touch a surface; to glide, run, etc., in this manner. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > lightly over a surface skim1591 graze1632 skiff1725 mirla1838 skitter1847 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i Neat she was..As she came skiffing o'er the dewy green. a1758 A. Ramsay Guardians of Fair Watchful guardians of the fair, Who skiff on wings of ambient air. 1791 A. Wilson Laurel Disputed ii. 22 See Sweet Peggy skiffin ow'r the dewy lee. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 66 He saw the Vicar..Fast scamperin' and skiffin'. 2. transitive. To touch lightly in passing over; to skim. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move or cause to move progressively in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > move lightly over or along scum1513 shave1513 sweep1538 raze1555 grazea1616 frizzle1634 brush1647 brush1674 to brush (a thing) over1700 skim1796 skiff1807 scuff1818 skitter1885 swab1892 1807–10 R. Tannahill Poems (1846) 83 Rude storms assail the mountain's brow That lightly skiff the vale below. 1843 J. Nicholson Hist. & Tradit. Tales 234 [They] skiff the water on the wing. Derivatives ˈskiffing n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [noun] > lightly along or near a surface graze1692 sweep1820 skima1851 skiffing1866 skitter1905 1866 R. Chambers Ess. 2nd Ser. 31 A hurrying across upper floors, and a skiffing up and down stairs. 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skiffn.2

skiffv.1

Derivatives

skiffv.2

Derivatives

skiffn.¹

skiffn.²

skiffv.¹

skiffv.²