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(), obs. p. p. of Rive. Spenser. Rift n.[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 v. 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 v. i. 1. To burst open; to split. Shak. Timber . . . not apt to rif with ordnance. Bacon. 2. To belch. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] スポンサード リンク
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