skift

/S K IH1 F T/

noun

1
(dialectal, including Scotland, Shetland and Appalachia) Synonym of skiff (“light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow or ice (on ground, water, etc)”).

verb

1
(dialectal, of rain or snow) Synonym of skiff (“fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground”).
2
(dialectal, possibly obsolete) To shift; to move or remove.

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