skift /skɪft/verb 2noun 1forms 3 verb2 •(dialect) Synonym of skiff (“fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground”).A mourning dove had returned to him through snow, skifting over cold earth. It settled on a limb and began dressing its plumage. — 1911 •(dialect, no longer used) To shift; to move or remove.Aw could like yo to skift, afore aw […] — 1867 noun1 •(dialect, Scotland) Synonym of skiff (“light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow or ice (on ground, water, etc)”).Last night we had a little skift of snow. — 1834 formsskifted · skifting · skifts
