One who, or that which, skips.
A young, thoughtless person. Shak.
The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadæ; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
A ship boy. [Obs.] Congreve.
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