Snift \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.