Meaning of skift | Babel Free

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

Appalachia, Scotland, Shetland, dialectal, including

Examples

“Last⟳ night we had a little skift of snow⟳.”

“Well, there was a little skift of snow⟳ on the ground, and I follered up a ridge of the mountain […]”

“It was quite cold that morning; just a little skift of snow⟳. We had not gone a mile from camp before we were overtaken by a score⟳ or more of boys going home to Missouri. They had been up to the Wakarusa camp — the pro-slavery troops were ...”

“A “Skift” of Snow⟳ LAST⟳ night we had a “skift” of snow⟳, and it was interesting to notice⟳ the effect on the summer-born creatures of the farm. A plump young kitten that had not seen the pesky stuff before came to meet⟳ me from the stable ...”

“We just got out on the top and there was a little skift of snow⟳ a-fallin'.”

“[...] money from the Appalachian Community Development Association and from Cincinnati's Tall Stacks Festival, so I rented a car and stayed in a motel instead of sleeping on somebody's floor. There was just a little skift of snow⟳ on the ground.”

“A skift of snow⟳ had fallen overnight on the ski trails, and Paul had yet to groom them and erase the tracks in the new snow⟳.”

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