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waif    音标拼音: [w'ef]
n. 无主物,飘流物,流浪者,信号旗

无主物,飘流物,流浪者,信号旗

waif
n 1: a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned;
"street children beg or steal in order to survive" [synonym:
{waif}, {street child}]

Waif \Waif\, n. [OF. waif, gaif, as adj., lost, unclaimed, chose
gaive a waif, LL. wayfium, res vaivae; of Scand. origin. See
{Waive}.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Eng. Law.) 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]

2. Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which
comes along, as it were, by chance. "Rolling in his mind
old waifs of rhyme." --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]

3. A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
[1913 Webster]

A waif
Desirous to return, and not received. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]

58 Moby Thesaurus words for "waif":
Arab, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, bo, bum, bummer, castaway,
castoff, derelict, discard, dogie, flotsam, flotsam and jetsam,
foundling, gamin, gamine, guttersnipe, hobo, homeless waif, idler,
jetsam, junk, lagan, landloper, lazzarone, loafer, losel, mudlark,
orphan, piker, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, refuse, reject,
rounder, rubbish, ski bum, stiff, stray, street Arab,
street urchin, sundowner, surf bum, swagman, swagsman,
tatterdemalion, tennis bum, tramp, trash, turnpiker, urchin, vag,
vagabond, vagrant, waifs and strays, wastrel

WAIFS. Stolen goods waived or scattered by a thief in his flight in order to
effect his escape.
2. Such goods by the English common law belong to the king. 1 Bl. Com.
296; 5 Co. 109; Cro. Eliz. 694. This prerogative has never been adopted here
against the true owner, and never put in practice against the finder, though
against him there would be better reason for adopting it. 2 Kent, Com. 292.
Vide Com. Dig. h.t.; 1 Bro. Civ. Law, 239, n.

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  • WAIF | Helping Whidbey Island Pets and Their People
    About WAIF Whidbey Animals' Improvement Foundation (WAIF) is a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit animal shelter organization serving the homeless pet population and families of Whidbey Island
  • Waif - Wikipedia
    A waif (from the Old French guaif, 'stray beast') [1] is a person removed, by hardship, loss or other helpless circumstance, from their original surroundings The most common usage of the word is to designate a homeless, forsaken or orphaned child, or someone whose appearance is evocative of the same
  • WAIF Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of WAIF is a stray person or animal; especially : a homeless child Did you know?
  • WAIF Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    Waif definition: a person, especially a child, who has no home or friends See examples of WAIF used in a sentence
  • WAIF | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    WAIF definition: 1 a child or animal without a home or enough food and care, usually thin and dirty in appearance… Learn more
  • Waif - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
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  • Waif - definition of waif by The Free Dictionary
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  • waif noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    Definition of waif noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a small, thin person, usually a child, who looks as if they do not have enough to eat Word Origin late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old Northern French gaif, probably of Scandinavian origin
  • waif, n. ¹ adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
    What does the word waif mean? There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the word waif , one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
  • Waif Definition Meaning - YourDictionary
    A person without home or friends; esp , a homeless child A stray animal Anything found by chance that is without an owner A person, especially a young woman, who is thin or gaunt A piece of property found but claimed by nobody





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