Definition of Skiffs

1. Noun. (plural of skiff) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skiffs

1. skiff [n] - See also: skiff

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skiffs

skies
skiesful
skiey
skieyer
skieyest
skiff
skiffed
skiffing
skiffle
skiffle group
skiffled
skiffles
skiffless
skifflike
skiffling
skiffs (current term)
skiing
skiing race
skiings
skijor
skijored
skijorer
skijorers
skijoring
skijorings
skijors
skil
skiless
skilfish
skilful

Literary usage of Skiffs

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

1. Peerless Alaska, Our Cache Near the Pole by Charles Hallock, George G. Cantwell (1908)
"... to burn both wood and coal, and half a dozen skiffs for trolling, the service would be quite complete, and the passengers correspondingly happy. ..."

2. Memoirs Illustrating the History of Napoleon I from 1802 to 1815 by Claude-François Méneval, Robert Harborough Sherard (1894)
"... and animated with the movement of boats and skiffs of elegant forms, surrounded with shrubberies and shady avenues, offer a delightful aspect. ..."

3. Report on the Ship-building Industry of the United States by Henry Hall (1884)
"Flat-bottomed skiffs came into use along with canoes after a while, but the latter have been built for use at the mouths of the Connecticut and ..."

4. ... A Report Upon the Mollusk Fisheries of Massachusetts by David Lawrence Belding (1909)
"Number of skiffs, 28 Value of skiffs, $425 Value of implements, $75 "Little necks": — Production. ..."

5. A Geographical and Historical Description of Ancient Greece: With a Map, and by John Anthony Cramer (1828)
"... in order to break his fall; a number of boatmen were also stationed below ready to receive him in their skiffs, and if they succeeded in saving him, ..."

6. Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago by Anna Forbes (1887)
"WAAI THE RAINS THE RAJAH NATIVE skiffs FISH " MAZES " AQUEOUS LIFE DANGEROUS CURRENTS. 1st June. RAIN has commenced in earnest, and we take rather ill with ..."

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