skift

Etymology
From, related to (which see for more) and.

Noun

 * 1) * 1834, record quoted in 1956, Norman E. Eliason, Tarheel Talk, page 294:
 * Last night we had a little skift of snow.
 * Last night we had a little skift of snow.

Verb

 * 1) * 1921, Ernest Rhys, The Haunters & the Haunted: Ghost Stories and Tales of the Supernatural, page 153:
 * Violent gusts of wind came in rapid succession down the sound of Kilbrannan ; and a skifting rain, flung fitfully but fiercely from the huge black clouds as they hurried along before the tempest that ...
 * 1)  To shift; to move or remove.
 * Violent gusts of wind came in rapid succession down the sound of Kilbrannan ; and a skifting rain, flung fitfully but fiercely from the huge black clouds as they hurried along before the tempest that ...
 * 1)  To shift; to move or remove.
 * 1)  To shift; to move or remove.
 * 1)  To shift; to move or remove.
 * 1)  To shift; to move or remove.

Etymology
and, from.

Noun

 * 1) share, portion, lot
 * There be many knyghtes that hath envy to us; Therefore whan we shall mete at the day of justis there woll be harde skyffte for us. &mdash; Malory
 * 1) fate
 * 2) effort, attempt, try
 * Make ye as good skyffte as ye can, ye shall bere this lady with you on horsebak unto the Pope of Rome. &mdash; Malory

Verb

 * 1) to divide, share, distribute, divide up; also, be divided
 * 2) to disperse, scatter ~ in sonder,
 * 3) to give a fair share ~ even,
 * even skifted, evenly matched in number, in equal strength
 * 1) to arrange, ordain, cause to occur, rule, manage
 * Grete godd wolde so wisely skifte all thynges. &mdash; The Prose Life of Alexander
 * 1) to protect, save
 * 2) to evade, be rid of.
 * be skifted of, She was aferde of hym..and she cowde not be skyfte … of hym by no meane. &mdash; Malory

Etymology 1
From the verb.

Noun

 * 1) a change
 * 2) a shift

Etymology
From the verb.

Noun

 * 1) a change
 * 2) a shift

Noun

 * 1) a shift ((work) session)

Noun

 * 1) order