Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Skiff \Skiff\, n. [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.