Tift \Tift\, n. [Cf. Norw. teft a scent. See Tiff, n.]

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)