GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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   Saury , n.; pl. Sauries . [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.) A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.
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   Skipper , n.
   One who, or that which, skips.
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   A young, thoughtless person.
   Shak.
   
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   (Zool.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
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   The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
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   (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
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   Skipper, n. [D. schipper. See Shipper, and Ship.]
    (Naut.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
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   A ship boy. [Obs.]
   Congreve.
   
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