WAIFS
Noun
waifs
plural of waif
Noun
WAIFs
plural of WAIF
Source: Wiktionary
WAIF
Waif, n. Etym: [OF. waif, gaif, as adj., lost, unclaimed, chose gaive
a waif, LL. wayfium, res vaivae; of Scand. origin. See Waive.]
1. (Eng. Law.)
Definition: 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.
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.
3. A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
A waif Desirous to return, and not received. Cowper.
WAIF
Waif, n. Etym: [OF. waif, gaif, as adj., lost, unclaimed, chose gaive
a waif, LL. wayfium, res vaivae; of Scand. origin. See Waive.]
1. (Eng. Law.)
Definition: 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.
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.
3. A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
A waif Desirous to return, and not received. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition