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WhiffedWhiff Whiff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whiffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whiffing.]
1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff
or blow away.
Old Empedocles, . . . who, when he leaped into Etna,
having a dry, sear body, and light, the smoke took
him, and whiffed him up into the moon. --B. Jonson. whiffMarysole Ma"ry*sole, n. [Mary, the proper name + sole the
fish.] (Zo["o]l.)
A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); --
called also carter, and whiff. Whiff
Whiff Whiff, n. [OE. weffe vapor, whiff, probably of imitative
origin; cf. Dan. vift a puff, gust, W. chwiff a whiff, puff.]
1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or
slight gust, as of air or smoke.
But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword The
unnerved father falls. --Shak.
The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a
scornful laugh laughed he. --Longfellow.
2. A glimpse; a hasty view. [Prov. Eng.]
3. (Zo["o]l.) The marysole, or sail fluke.
WhiffWhiff Whiff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whiffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whiffing.]
1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff
or blow away.
Old Empedocles, . . . who, when he leaped into Etna,
having a dry, sear body, and light, the smoke took
him, and whiffed him up into the moon. --B. Jonson. Whiff
Whiff Whiff, v. i.
To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.
Meaning of Whiffed from wikipedia
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