skiff
/skɪf/ noun C2- A light, fleeting shower of rain or snow, or gust of wind, etc. · A skiff of rain blew into the shed and the two men moved their chairs back.
- A (typically light) dusting of snow or ice (or dust, etc) (on ground, water, trees, etc).
Plural skiffs
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The vague disquietude which prevailed among the spectators had so much affected one of the crowd that he did not await the arrival of the vessel in harbor, but jumping into a small skiff, desired to be pulled alongside the Pharaon, which he reached as she rounded into La Réserve basin.
“Ah, is it you, Dantès?” cried the man in the skiff.
“May I have the use of your skiff?”
The young sailor jumped into the skiff, and sat down in the stern sheets, with the order that he be put ashore at La Canebière.
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