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.