D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Snift

· IPA /snɪft/
01 v. i. To snort.
imp. & p. p. Snifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Snifting
  1. 1.
    To snort.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    To sniff; to snuff; to smell.
    “It now appears that they were still snifing and hankering after their old quarters.” Landor.
02 n. A moment.
  1. 1.
    A moment.[Prov. Eng.]
  2. 2.
    Slight snow; sleet.[Prov. Eng.]