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Whiff (?), n. [OE. weffe vapor, whiff, probably of imitative origin; cf. Dan. vift a puff, gust, W. chwiff a whiff, puff.]
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1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.
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But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword
The unnerved father falls. Shak.
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The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe,
And a scornful laugh laughed he. Longfellow.
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2. A glimpse; a hasty view. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. (Zo&ö;l.) The marysole, or sail fluke.
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Whiff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whiffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Whiffing.]
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1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
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2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.
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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.
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Whiff, v. i. To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.
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