It is a term used largely in the British Army where new recruits or private soldiers are forced to brew up for lance corporals corporals sergeants etc.
Skiff snow. A One that will not cause any great inconvenience. Happy Face - Peace 115 48 Old Man River. To wipe ones penis around the edge of a cup usually containining tea before giving it to someone one does not like.
With two crew on the 12 and 13 footer and three on the 16 and 18 these are still heavily crewed boats for their size. A shallow flat-bottomed open boat with sharp bow and square stern. Cataloochee NC We just got.
The nautical skiff is not related to the snow skiff The boat skiff which first appeared in English in the late 16th century comes from the French esquif which in turn was derived from the Old High German scif meaning ship which came from the same ancient Germanic root that gave us the word ship itself. Southern Alberta Canada. A thin layer small amount esp in phr skiff skift of snow a light fall of snow.
Cataloochee NC We just got out on top and there was a little skift of snow a fallin. Some deer stopped by for breakfast. Lydia Skiffe Snow Birthdate.
With the modified V bottom it gets up on a plane quickly with less HP than a deep V and remains stable for people to work along the sides. A slight detour through Dutch at one point also gave us the word. Modern developments began with the.
1834 in 1956 Eliason Tarheel Talk 294 last night we had a little skift of snow. Quotations A skiff of rain blew into the shed and the two men moved their chairs back. A blizzard is a violent winter storm lasting at least three hours which combines subfreezing temperatures and very strong wind laden with blowing snow that reduces visibility to less than 040 kilometers 025 miles.