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Webster 1913 Edition

Rift

Rift

,
obs.
p.
p.
of
Rive
.
Spenser.

Rift

,
Noun.
[Written also
reft
.]
[Dan.
rift
, fr.
rieve
to rend. See
Rive
.]
1.
An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.
Spenser.
2.
A shallow place in a stream; a ford.

Rift

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rifted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Rifting
.]
To cleave; to rive; to split;
as, to
rift
an oak or a rock; to
rift
the clouds.
Longfellow.
To dwell these
rifted
rocks between.
Wordsworth.

Rift

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To burst open; to split.
Shak.
Timber . . . not apt to
rif
with ordnance.
Bacon.
2.
To belch.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Rift

RIFT

,
Noun.
[from rive.] A cleft; a fissure; an opening made by riving or splitting.

RIFT

,
Verb.
T.
to cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock.

RIFT

, v.i.
1.
to burst open; to split.
Timber - not apt to rift with ordnance.
2.
to belch; to break wind. [Local.]

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