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whift
▪ I. whift, n. Obs. exc. dial. (hwɪft) Also wift. [var. of whiff n.1 with excrescent -t.] 1. A whiff or slight blast of wind, etc.; a snatch (of song).1614 Gorges Lucan v. 202 So hauing said, the surging whifts The ship ten times together lifts. 1855 Browning Fra Lippo 52 A sweep of lute-strings, la... Oxford English Dictionary
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wift
▪ I. wift variant of whift n.▪ II. wift, v. Obs. or dial. Also 6 wyfft. [Onomatopœic.] intr. † a. To turn aside or go astray (obs.). b. To move lightly to and fro, or along; to waver; to drift.1554–8 in Songs & Ball. Phil. & Mary (Roxb.) 4 To walke the wurthy wayes, and frame them not to wyfft. 1609... Oxford English Dictionary
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whiff
▪ I. whiff, n.1 (hwɪf) Also 6–7 whiffe, 8–9 whif. [? Partly an alteration of ME. weffe (= offensive odour or taste, vapour, hoisted signal), partly a new onomatopœic formation. The senses are in part identical with those of waff n. and waft n.1] I. 1. a. A slight puff or gust of wind, a breath.1591 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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skew-whiff
skew-whiff, a. and adv. dial. and colloq. (skjuːˈwɪf, -ˈhwɪf) Also skew-wiff, -wift, etc.; 8 scew-. [f. skew a. and adv. + whiff n.1 or v.1] Askew, awry (lit. and fig.).1754 Scots Mag. July 337/2 Behind, with a coach-horse short dock, cut your hair; Stick a flower before, scew-whiff, with an air. 18... Oxford English Dictionary
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waft
▪ I. waft, n.1 (wɑːft, -æ-) Also β. (senses 1, 5–6), 6–7, 9 Sc., dial. and Naut. weft, (7 wefte, waift), 9 wheft, whift. [Probably two or more formations: in part certainly a noun of action f. waft v.1 and v.2; but sense 1 is recorded more than a century earlier than any sense of the verb that could... Oxford English Dictionary
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