n. 1. One who, or that which, skips. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A young, thoughtless person. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Zool.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus). [ 1913 Webster ]
4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese. [ 1913 Webster ]
5. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ D. schipper. See Shipper, and Ship. ] 1. (Naut.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]