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Skipjack
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) 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.
(2):
(n.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.
(3):
(n.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
(4):
(n.) An upstart.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Skipjack'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/skipjack.html. 1828.