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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Skiff \Skiff\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Skiffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skiffing}.] To navigate in a skiff. [R.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Skiff \Skiff\, noun [F. esquif, fr. OHG. skif, G. schiff. See {Ship}.] A small, light boat.
The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff. --Milton.
{Skiff caterpillar} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a moth ({Limacodes scapha}); -- so called from its peculiar shape.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
skiff
noun: any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor
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