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WHIFFING
Verb
whiffing
present participle of whiff
Noun
whiffing (plural whiffings)
The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.
A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollock, mackerel, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Whiff"ing, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.
2. A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollack, mackerel, and the like.
WHIFF
Whiff, n. Etym: [OE. weffe vapor, whiff, probably of imitative origin; cf. Dan. vift a puff, gust, W. chwiff a whiff, puff.]
1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke. But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword The unnerved father falls. Shak. The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. Longfellow.
2. A glimpse; a hasty view. [Prov. Eng.]
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The marysole, or sail fluke.
Whiff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whiffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Whiffing.]
1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away. 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.
Whiff, v. i.
Definition: To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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