\Snift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snifted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Snifting}.] [From {Sniff}.]
1. To snort. [Obs.] ``Resentment expressed by snifting.''
   --Johnson.
2. To sniff; to snuff; to smell.
         It now appears that they were still snifing and
         hankering after their old quarters.   --Landor.

\Snift\, n.
1. A moment. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
2. Slight snow; sleet. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.