Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.