SKELF

PRONUNCIATION: (skelf)

MEANING: noun:
1. A splinter.
2. A tiny amount of something.
3. A thin or slight person.
4. An annoying or troublesome person.

ETYMOLOGY: Probably from Middle Low German or obsolete Dutch schelf (flake, splinter, or scale). Earliest documented use: 1610.
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ASKELF - how to find your way to Santa's Workshop

'SKERF - what you call the blade's-width of sawdust lost by cutting wood

SKEEF - a small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern, sailing under the Spanish flag