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 skift noun (pronunciation of skiff) A slight amount, thin layer (especially of snow).

1824 Knight Letter from KY 106 The Phraseology in this state is sometimes novel ... Many from habit, like the Virginians, tuck a t at the end of such words as onct, twict, skifft. 1891 Brown Dialect in TN 172 We also say all of a suddent, wisht for the present tense of wish, skift for skiff, and take holt of for take hold of, etc. 1915 Dingus Word-list VA 190 skift = a thin layer of snow. 1939 Hall Coll (Cataloochee NC) They was a little skiff of snow, and that was how come to see their sign. 1972 AOHP/ALC-241 There was a little skift of snow on the ground. He tracked the man and got him and then went back to the horse and got him.