Definition of whiff

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Whiff (v. t.) To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.

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Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. i.) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about..
Singletree :: Singletree (n.) The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree.
Whiffletree :: Whiffletree (n.) Same as Whippletree.
Whiffed :: Whiffed (imp. & p. p.) of Whif.
Whiffing :: Whiffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whif.
Whimple :: Whimple (v. i.) To whiffle; to veer.
Whiff :: Whiff (v. t.) To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away..
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..
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..
Swinish :: Swingtree (n.) The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.
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..
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..
Whiff :: Whiff (v. t.) To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
Whiffler :: Whiffler (n.) One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
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.) The golden-eye.
Whiffing :: Whiffing (n.) The act of one who, or that which, whiffs..
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 (n.) A glimpse; a hasty view.
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