Definition of whiff

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Whiff (n.) The marysole, or sail fluke..

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Swingling :: Swingletree (v. i.) A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree..
Trace :: Trace (n.) One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug..
Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. i.) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about..
Whiff :: Whiff (n.) A glimpse; a hasty view.
Whiffle :: Whiffle (n.) A fife or small flute.
Tree :: Tree (n.) A piece of timber, or something commonly made of timber; -- used in composition, as in axletree, boottree, chesstree, crosstree, whiffletree, and the like..
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..
Whiffled :: Whiffled (imp. & p. p.) of Whiffl.
Whiff :: Whiff (v. t.) To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
Whiffing :: Whiffing (n.) The act of one who, or that which, whiffs..
Whiff :: Whiff (n.) A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke..
Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. t.) To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
Whiffing :: Whiffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whif.
Whiffler :: Whiffler (n.) One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
Marysole :: Marysole (n.) A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); -- called also carter, and whiff..
Whiffet :: Whiffet (n.) A little whiff or puff.
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..
Swinish :: Swingtree (n.) The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.
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..
Whiffler :: Whiffler (n.) One who whiffles, or frequently changes his opinion or course; one who uses shifts and evasions in argument; hence, a trifler..
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