·noun Slight snow; sleet.
II. Snift ·- of Sniff.
III. Snift ·noun A Moment.
IV. Snift ·vi To Snort.
V. Snift ·vi To Sniff; to Snuff; to Smell.
1) to snow in small quantities, to sleet. A SMFTiNcday.!!! 2) a moment. Lane. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose