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Definition waif

Etymology

From Middle English weif, from Anglo-Norman waif, possibly from Old French waif, variant of gayf (“stray; wandering; vagabond”), probably from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse veif (“flag, waving thing”), from Proto-Germanic *waif-, from Proto-Indo-European *weib-, *weip- (“to oscillate, swing”).

Noun

waif (plural waifs)

1. A castaway; a homeless child.
2. (botany, of a plant outside its native range) A plant that has been introduced but is not persistently naturalized.
3. (obsolete) 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.
4. (obsolete) Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.

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