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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun waif has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
waif, n. [OF. waif, gaif, as adj., lost, unclaimed, chose gaive a waif, LL. wayfium, res vaivae; of Scand. origin. See Waive.].
- Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice. Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child. [1913 Webster]"A waif
Desirous to return, and not received." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
waif, n.
1 a homeless and helpless person, esp. an abandoned child.
2 an ownerless object or animal, a thing cast up by or drifting in the sea or brought by an unknown agency.
1 a homeless and helpless person, esp. an abandoned child.
2 an ownerless object or animal, a thing cast up by or drifting in the sea or brought by an unknown agency.
Idiom
waifs and strays 1 homeless or neglected children.
2 odds and ends.
2 odds and ends.
Derivative
waifish adj.
Etymology
ME f. AF waif, weif, ONF gaif, prob. of Scand. orig.