Obs. [ad. F. esquif.] = SKIFF sb.1 1.
1594. R. Ashley, trans. Loys le Roy, 81. [Marius] hid himself in the marish about Minturnes, and went to sea in a squiffe without victuals.
1620. trans. Boccacio, 52 b. What with the Tempests violence and ouerlading of the Squiffe, it sunke.
