skiff

Meanings

1. A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.
2. Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.

1. To navigate in a skiff.

1. A light, fleeting shower of rain or snow, or gust of wind, etc.
2. A (typically light) dusting of snow or ice (or dust, etc) (on ground, water, trees, etc).

1. To fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground (etc).

1. An act of slightly pruning tea bushes, placing new leaves at a convenient height without removing much woody growth.

1. To cut (a tea bush) to maintain the plucking table.

1. A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English skif, from Middle French esquif, from Old Italian schifo (“small boat”), from Lombardic skif (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“boat, ship”). Doublet of ship.