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I. noun Etymology: Middle English weif, ~, from Anglo-French, from ~, adjective, stray, unclaimed, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse veif something flapping, veifa to be in movement — more at wipe Date: 14th century 1. a. a piece of property found (as washed up by the sea) but unclaimed b. plural stolen goods thrown away by a thief in flight 2. a. something found without an owner and especially by chance b. a stray person or animal; especially a homeless child • ~ish adjective • ~like adjective II. noun Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse veif something flapping Date: 1530 waft 4 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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. Phrases and idioms waifs and strays 1 homeless or neglected children. 2 odds and ends. Derivatives waifish adj. Etymology: ME f. AF waif, weif, ONF gaif, prob. of Scand. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. бездомный человек, бродяга; беспризорный ребенок 2. никем не истребуемое имущество (выброшенное морем и т. п.); бесхозное имущество; брошенная вещь 3. pl. украденные вещи, брошенные вором 4. приблудное животное 5. (случайная) находка Id: waifs and strays —- беспризорные дети или животные; отдельные, разрозненные предметы 6. клуб (дыма, тумана); клок (облака); что-л. гонимое ветром ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) никому не принадлежащая, брошенная вещь 2) заблудившееся домашнее животное 3) бездомный человек; беспризорный ребенок - waifs and strays ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 someone who is pale and thin, especially a child, and looks as if they do not have a home (a grubby little waif huddled by the door | waif-like (=very thin)) (teenage girls trying to emulate waif-like fashion models) 2 waifs and strays children or animals, who do not have a home (She loved cats, and would take any waifs and strays into her home.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1376, "unclaimed property, flotsam, stray animal," from Anglo-Norm. waif "ownerless property," probably from a Scand. source akin to O.N. veif "waving thing, flag," from P.Gmc. *waif-, from PIE *weip- "to turn, vacillate, tremble ecstatically." Meaning "person (especially a child) without home or friends" first attested 1784, from legal phrase waif and stray (1624). Connotations of "fashionable" began 1991 with application to childishly slim supermodels such as Kate Moss. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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