Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - waif
Waif
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. 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.
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I. noun see: wipe Date: 14th century 1. a piece of property found (as washed up by the sea) but unclaimed, stolen goods thrown away by a thief in flight, 2. something found without an owner and especially by chance, a stray person or animal, ~ish adjective ~like adjective II. noun Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse veif something flapping Date: 1530 waft 4 ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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