Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Synonym of skiff (“light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow or ice (on ground, water, etc)”).
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySynonym of skiff (“fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground”). · To shift; to move or remove.
From Scots skift (“light shower of rain or snow”), related to skiff (“light rain, snow, etc”) (which see for more) and skiffle.
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- Derivation mentionskiftsco
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