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skaffie

noun
skaff·​ie | \ ˈskafi\
plural -s

Definition of skaffie

: a Scottish fishing boat having the stem raked and rounding and the stern raked and usually main and mizzen dipping lugsails

History and Etymology for skaffie

English dialect skaff light boat, skiff (from Middle English skaf, from Middle French scaphe, escaffe, from Latin scapha, from Greek skaphē) + English -ie

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