3. (Zoöl.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common
bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish,
the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the
threadfish, etc.
4. (Naut.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross
section.
Skip"per (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, skips.