skiff

1. (dialectal, of rain or snow) To fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground (etc).Examples: "We must be constantly alert to increased accident potentials in taxiing, takeoff, and landings on ice-glazed and snow-skiffed runways."; "The sharp wind divides the dense fur of their winter coats while they survey the snow-skiffed ground of their silent town."; "1983, Roy McFadden, The Selected Roy McFadden, Dundonald, N. Ireland : Blackstaff Press With glimpses through the skiffing rain / Of Donegal across the bay, / And Scotland when the early mist is blown, […]"dialectal