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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Tift

/tĭft/ · IPA /tˈɪft/
01 n. A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.
  1. 1.
    A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.
    “After all your fatigue you seem as ready for a tift with me as if you had newly come from church.” — Blackwood's Mag.