Sc. Also 7 ewindrift, 8 youden drift, 9 contracted form endrift. ‘Snow raised, and driven by the wind’ (Jam.).
1630–56. Sir R. Gordon, Hist. Earls Sutherland (1813), 246. Their fell such ane extream tempest, ewindrift, sharp snow, and wind, full in their faces.
1790. Shirrefs, Poems, 285. When to my Meg I bend my tour, Thro’ Ewden drift, or snawy-show’r.
1790. Morrison, Poems, 121 (Jam.). The strongest wind … Tho’ mixt wi’ hail, wi’ rain or youden drift, Brings ay a calm at last.
1813. W. Beattie, Tales, 35. The first thing meets him is a dose Of styth endrift and hail.
