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▪ I. waff, n. Sc. and north.|waf|
Also 7 vaiffe, waffe, 9 wauf(f.
[f. waff v.1 Cf. waft n., weff, waif n.2, wave n.2]
1. A waving movement; esp. waving of the hand or something held in the hand: cf. waft n. 5, 6.
1678Rec. Justiciary Edin. 13 Sept. in H. Arnot Hist. Edin. (1779) 194 note, The devil..baptised you upon the face, with an waff of his hand like a dewing. 1712W. Rogers Voy. (1718) 296 With orders, if they saw 3 sail in the offing, to make 3 waffs with their colours. 1831J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1856 III. 177 Beggars..that wadna understand the repulse..o' a waff o' the haun to be awa wi' theirsels. 1847Halliwell, Waff, the movement of a large flame from side to side. 1876Whitby Gloss., Waff, a wave of the hand. The kind of flag or signal used at sea for assistance to the ship from the shore. 1886‘H. Haliburton’ Horace in Homespun (1900) 93 Wi' ae waff o' my wings I soar A mile abune the city's roar. 1887P. M'Neill Blawearie 89 These..youths..first extinguishing his light. This one of them did by a smart ‘waff’ of his bonnet.
b. to put out or set forth a waff: to wave something as a signal. Cf. waft n.1 6 b, waif n.2 2.
1600in Earl of Cromarty Acc. Conspir. Earls Gowry & R. Logan (1713) 105 And when you are about Half a Mile from Shoar, as it were passing by the House, to gar set forth a Waff. 1685J. B[arclay] tr. A. Skene's Surv. Aberd. 215 And as soon as ye come to the Road, ye can allwayes have a Boat for putting out a Vaiffe at all occasions, for Piloting you into the Harbour.
2. A puff, passing gust, sudden blast (of wind or air). lit. and fig.
1686R. Fleming Fulfilling Script. ii. ii. (1726) 268 A waffe as it were of the glorious God doth go by to the discerning of others. 1727P. Walker Life R. Cameron, Biogr. Presbyt. (1827) 294 [He] got a Waff of that murthering East-wind in the 1679. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxxix, This increase of profit at Saint Leonard's Crags may be a cauld waff of wind blawing from the frozen land of earthly self. 1822Galt Sir A. Wylie II. xvii. 162 We maun gie something to the young woman and the bairns, that we may get a waff o' their good will likewise. 1836Scott. Mag. July 208 It was not the Highland strength turn'd them that day, But the waff o' the broad-swords that blew them away. 1897Northumbld. Gloss. s.v., ‘The waff o' the train’—the rush of air caused by a passing train.
b. A whiff (of perfume), an odour. Cf. weff.
1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 29 A canny waff o' sweet perfume Was blawn in breezes throu' the room. 1887Service Life Dr. Duguid iii. ii. 245 The waff of the wild roses..cam in stoons of sweetness alang the air.
3. A slight blow, esp. one given by something in passing.
a1754E. Erskine Serm. Abraham rejoicing Wks. 1791 II. 536 A very little waff of any thing will do it [sc. the eye] hurt. 1808Jamieson, Waff, 3. A slight stroke from any soft body, especially in passing.
b. A slight attack or ‘touch’ (of illness, esp. of cold).
1808Jamieson, Waff 4. A sudden affection, producing a bodily ailment. Thus..it is said that one has gotten a waff or waif of cauld. 1821Galt Steam Boat vii, I found myself in a very disjasked state..with a waff of cold that had come upon me.
4. A passing view, a glimpse.
1818Scott Hrt. Midl. li, I sought every glen and cleuch..but teil a wauff of his coat-tail could I see. 1819Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 28 That the bauld-bosom'd clerk mith get A waff o' his face ere aff he set. 1887Service Life Dr. Duguid iii. i. 242 It is but seldom,—only at meal times, and aften no' then,—that we get a waff of him ava.
5. An apparition, wraith. = waft n.1 7.
1777Brand Pop. Antiq. 99 There is a similar Superstition among the Vulgar in Northumberland: They call it seeing the Waff of the Person whose Death it foretells. 1815Dangerous Secr. II. 163 Your honour forgets I fand my dear maister mysel, an' saw him laid in the cauld grave. It's been his waff. 1884Besant Dorothy Forster xiii, There is the wauf, or figure of the person about to die seen by another person.
▪ II. waff, a. Sc.|waf|
Also waf, wauf.
[var. of waif a.]
1. Of an animal: Wandering, stray. Also of a person: ‘Solitary’; said ‘of one who is in a strange place where he has not a single acquaintance’ (Jam. 1808).
1720Ramsay Patie & Roger 127 She..then bade me hound my Dog To weer up three waff Ews were on the Bog. 1776Herd's Coll. Sc. Songs II. Gloss., Waff, wandering by itself.
2. Of a person, condition of life: Of no account, worthless.
1788Picken Poems Scot. Dial. 248 Gloss., Waff, little worth. 1808Jamieson, Waff, Waif, Wayf, adj... 3. Worthless. A waff fellow, one whose conduct is immoral; or whose character is so bad, that those, who regard their own, will not associate with him. 1815Scott Guy M. xxxix, Is not it an odd-like thing that ilka wauf carle in the country has a son and heir, and that the house of Ellangowan is without male succession? 1837Lockhart Scott II. viii. 306, ‘I dinna think there's a waufer (shabbier) thing in the world than to be a lassie, to sit boring at a clout’. a1884J. Russell Remin. Yarrow i. (1894) 7 A wauf hand [i.e. a bad preacher].
b. Comb.: waff-like a., shabby-looking; having a suspicious or disreputable appearance; feeble, of little account.
1808Jamieson, Waff-like, one [sic] who has a very shabby or suspicious appearance. 1823Galt R. Gilhaize lxxix. III. 180 Though the folk afore the house are but a wee waff-like. 1882J. Walker Jaunt to Auld Reekie 46 A coat o' rusty black The wauflike wretch has on his back. 1893Stevenson Catriona xxiii, I came upon a lane of lighted houses, the doors and windows thronged with wauf⁓like painted women.
▪ III. waff, v.1 Chiefly north.|waf|
Also 5–7 waffe, 9 Sc. whaff.
[var. of waive v.2 or of wave v., with onomatopœic modification. Cf. waft v.2]
†1. trans. To put away with a wave of the hand. Obs.
c1440York Myst. xxxi. 248 ii Dux... Youre fauchone hym flaies... Rex. Nowe lely I leue þe, And therfore schall y waffe it away.
†2. intr. To blow (as the wind). Obs.
c1440York Myst. xii. 54 Þir wise wordis ware noght wroght in waste, To waffe and wende away als wynde.
3. trans. Of the wind: To cause (something) to move to and fro.
1513Douglas æneis i. vi. 26 (1553) 16 b, Venus..With wind waffing [v.r. waving] hir haris lowsit of trace. Ibid. vi. viii. 113 Quhidder waffit vilsum by storm of the se, Or at command of goddis, come thow, quod he?
b. intr. To wave to and fro; to flutter in the wind; also trans. of a bird, to move (the wings) in flight.
1834J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1856 IV. 97 Rover begins snokin and twinin himsel in a serpentine style,..wi' his fanlike tail whaffin. 1856J. Ballantine Poems 59 The rags waffin' round her wad wauken ruth In a mair stieve⁓breasted chield than me. 1861R. Quinn Heather Lintie (1863) 72 Aff they set on tiptae flicht, Waffin' their wee bit wings wi' micht.
4. intr. To produce a current of air by waving something to and fro. Also trans., to direct a current of air against, to fan.
1688Holme Armoury iii. 91/1 [Among goldsmiths and jewellers] Waffing is clearing the Stones from Dust with a Pencill. a1878H. Ainslie Pilgr. Land of Burns (1892) 190 Waffing her wan face wi' a claith. 1886J. Barrowman Sc. Mining Terms 69 To Waff, or Waft, to fan out. Fire⁓damp was formerly expelled from the working rooms by waffing.
▪ IV. † waff, v.2 Obs.
[Alteration of waft v.1]
1. trans. To convey by sea; = waft v.1 2.
1602Warner Alb. Eng. iii. xviii. 84 He waffes an Armie out of France, and Voada pursues. Ibid. Epit. 374 He imbarked for Normandie to waffe them into England. 1655Terry Voy. E. India v. 137 Those huge Vessels [Junks] are..made exceeding big, on purpose to waff passengers forward and backward.
2. intr. To sail. Also trans. To sail (the seas).
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vi. i. §3. 183 Volusenus returned, hauing waffed vpon the coasts of Britaine so far, as with safety he might. Ibid. vii. xxxviii. §6. 364 His nauie waffing along those seas. Ibid. vii. xlii. §6. 370 His Nauie roiall..he diuided into three parts, appointing euery of them to a seuerall quarter to waffe the Seas.
▪ V. waff, v.3 Now dial.|waf|
In 7, 8 waugh.
[Echoic.]
intr. Of a dog, esp. of a puppy: To yelp.
1610Holland Camden's Brit. ii. Irel. 188 Women too throughout the same County barked like big dogges: but the children and little ones waughed as small whelpes. 1787Grose Provinc. Gloss., Waughing, barking. Probably from the sound. N. 1886S.W. Linc. Gloss., Waff, or waffle, to bark, yelp. A dog ran waffing out. 1894Northumbld. Gloss. s.v., A dog ‘woughs’, but a puppy waffs. |