skift

(Inglês)

Noun

Synonym of skiff (“light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow or ice (on ground, water, etc)”).

Verb

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

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/skɪft/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From Scots skift (“light shower of rain or snow”), related to skiff (“light rain, snow, etc”) (which see for more) and skiffle.