Definition of whiff

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Whiff (v. i.) To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff..

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Whiffle :: Whiffle (n.) A fife or small flute.
Swingling :: Swingletree (v. i.) A whiffletree, or whippletree. 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..
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..
Puff :: Puff (n.) A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff..
Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. t.) To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter..
Whiff :: Whiff (n.) The marysole, or sail fluke..
Whiff :: Whiff (n.) A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke..
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..
Whiffet :: Whiffet (n.) A little whiff or puff.
Whiffler :: Whiffler (n.) One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
Whiffing :: Whiffing (n.) The act of one who, or that which, whiffs..
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..
Clip :: Clip (n.) An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree..
Whiffling :: Whiffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whiffl.
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..
Whiffletree :: Whiffletree (n.) Same as Whippletree.
Whimple :: Whimple (v. i.) To whiffle; to veer.
Puff :: Puff (n.) To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs..
Whiffed :: Whiffed (imp. & p. p.) of Whif.
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