About The Word Waif
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Waif
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What's The Definition Of Waif?
[n] a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
Synonyms | Synonyms for Waif: Related Terms | Find terms related to Waif: See Also | child | fry | kid | minor | nestling | nipper | shaver | small fry | tiddler | tike | tyke | youngster Waif In Webster's Dictionary \Waif\, n. [OF. waif, gaif, as adj., lost, unclaimed, chose
gaive a waif, LL. wayfium, res vaivae; of Scand. origin. See
{Waive}.]
1. (Eng. Law.) Goods found of which the owner is not known;
originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to
prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king
unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and
brought him to justice. --Blackstone.
2. Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which
comes along, as it were, by chance. ``Rolling in his mind
old waifs of rhyme.'' --Tennyson.
3. A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
A waif Desirous to return, and not received.
--Cowper.
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