Definition of Skiffed

1. skiff [v] - See also: skiff

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skiffed

skidway
skidways
skie
skied
skieldrake
skier
skier day
skiercross
skiers
skies
skiesful
skiey
skieyer
skieyest
skiff
skiffed (current term)
skiffing
skiffle
skiffle group
skiffled
skiffles
skiffless
skifflike
skiffling
skiffs
skiing
skiing race
skiings
skijor
skijored

Literary usage of Skiffed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Mutual Friend by Charles ( Dickens (1865)
"In rowing costume?" Mortimer looks gloomy, and declines to answer. " I hope she steered herself, skiffed herself, paddled herself, lar- boarded and ..."

2. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen: And on the by William Spalding, John Hill Burton, Frederick James Furnivall (1876)
"... they have skiffed I' the least of these was dreadful; and they have Fought out together where Death's self was lodged, Yet FATE hath BROUGHT THEM OFF. ..."

3. The New Purchase: Or, Seven and a Half Years in the Far West by Baynard Rush Hall (1843)
"... and not more extravagant than our puerile school histories for beginners :* I resist the temptation of having ourselves skiffed over in a ..."

4. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1843)
"... nice warm sun, skiffed down to Bagley, wandered through the wood, saw long tail on a branch, happened to have air-gun, up gun, good aim, ..."

5. Circuit Journeys by Henry Cockburn Cockburn (1888)
"So we just sauntered by the shore,—and talked, and gathered shells, and skiffed flat stones on the surface of the sea, and sat on rocks and lay on the turf, ..."

6. The Scottish Songs by Robert Chambers (1829)
"The first flight o' the winter's rime That on the kirkyard sward had faun, The wanton wife skiffed aff his grave, A-kirking wi' her new gudeman. ..."

7. Once a Week by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1860)
"... at my head—tied myself up to lampposts—thrown myself from de Monument at de foot of London Bridge—and skiffed over Niagara : but it was no use, ma tear, ..."

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