Definition of whiff

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Whiff (n.) A glimpse; a hasty view.

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Whippletree :: Whippletree (n.) The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree..
Whiffling :: Whiffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whiffl.
Whiff :: Whiff (v. i.) To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff..
Whiffing :: Whiffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whif.
Puff :: Puff (n.) To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs..
Whimple :: Whimple (v. i.) To whiffle; to veer.
Whiffler :: Whiffler (n.) One who whiffles, or frequently changes his opinion or course; one who uses shifts and evasions in argument; hence, a trifler..
Whiffler :: Whiffler (n.) An officer who went before procession to clear the way by blowing a horn, or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger..
Whiff :: Whiff (n.) The marysole, or sail fluke..
Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. i.) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about..
Swinish :: Swingtree (n.) The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.
Clip :: Clip (n.) An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree..
Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. t.) To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
Whiffler :: Whiffler (n.) One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. t.) To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter..
Clevis :: Clevis (n.) A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy..
Evener :: Evener (n.) In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast..
Whiff :: Whiff (n.) A glimpse; a hasty view.
Whiffle :: Whiffle (n.) A fife or small flute.
Whiffet :: Whiffet (n.) A little whiff or puff.
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