whiftn.

/hwɪft/

Forms: Also wift.

Etymology: variant of whiff n.¹ with excrescent -t.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

1. A whiff or slight blast of wind, etc.; a snatch (of song).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > puff of

pufflOE

breathc1400

fuff1535

whiff1603

whift1614

tifta1765

cat's paw1769

skift1808

flaff1827

skiff1827

whiffle1842

whisp1884

quiff1912

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > a song > [noun] > a snatch of a song

whift1855

1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia v. 202 So hauing said, the surging whifts The ship ten times together lifts.

1855 R. Browning Fra Lippo Lippi in Men & Women I. 37 A sweep of lute-strings, laughs, and whifts of song.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 16 June 2/1 A wift of white foam.

2. A small signal flag. (Cf. whiff n.¹ 7.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > flag signalling > [noun] > signal flag

waif1530

waft1562

whiff1693

affirmative flag1796

whift1839

cornet1874

1644 True Narr. Seige Plymouth 5 Having..given a signe..by hanging out a Wift, that he was in distresse.

1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale xii. 155 Two or three small flags, called ‘whifts’, which are inserted in the dead whale, in case the boats should leave it in chase of others.

1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 359 Waft, Weft, or Whift, a signal (most frequently for a boat) made by hoisting a flag rolled up lengthways and bound together with a few stops.

1901 W. C. Russell Ship's Adventure vii There's the barque that fouled us last night, sir. She's got a wift at her mizzen~peak.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† whiftadj.

Etymology: < whiff v.¹ (compare sense 4) + -t = -ed suffix².

Obsolete. rare.

Drunk, intoxicated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk

fordrunkenc897

drunkena1050

cup-shottenc1330

drunka1400

inebriate1497

overseenc1500

liquor1509

fou1535

nase?1536

full1554

intoxicate1554

tippled1564

intoxicated1576

pepst1577

overflown1579

whip-cat1582

pottical1586

cup-shota1593

fox-drunk1592

lion-drunk1592

nappy1592

sack-sopped1593

in drink1598

disguiseda1600

drink-drowned1600

daggeda1605

pot-shotten1604

tap-shackled1604

high1607

bumpsy1611

foxed1611

in one's cups1611

liquored1611

love-pot1611

pot-sick1611

whift1611

owl-eyed1613

fapa1616

hota1616

inebriated1615

reeling ripea1616

in one's (or the) pots1618

scratched1622

high-flown?1624

pot-shot1627

temulentive1628

ebrious1629

temulent1629

jug-bitten1630

pot-shaken1630

toxed1635

bene-bowsiea1637

swilled1637

paid1638

soaken1651

temulentious1652

flagonal1653

fuddled1656

cut1673

nazzy1673

concerned1678

whittled1694

suckey1699

well-oiled1701

tippeda1708

tow-row1709

wet1709

swash1711

strut1718

cocked1737

cockeyed1737

jagged1737

moon-eyed1737

rocky1737

soaked1737

soft1737

stewed1737

stiff1737

muckibus1756

groggy1770

muzzeda1788

muzzya1795

slewed1801

lumpy1810

lushy1811

pissed1812

blue1813

lush1819

malty1819

sprung1821

three sheets in the wind1821

obfuscated1822

moppy1823

ripe1823

mixed1825

queer1826

rosined1828

shot in the neck1830

tight1830

rummy1834

inebrious1837

mizzled1840

obflisticated1840

grogged1842

pickled1842

swizzled1843

hit under the wing1844

obfusticatedc1844

ebriate1847

pixilated1848

boozed1850

ploughed1853

squiffy?1855

buffy1858

elephant trunk1859

scammered1859

gassed1863

fly-blown1864

rotten1864

shot1864

ebriose1871

shicker1872

parlatic1877

miraculous1879

under the influence1879

ginned1881

shickered1883

boiled1886

mosy1887

to be loaded for bear(s)1888

squiffeda1890

loaded1890

oversparred1890

sozzled1892

tanked1893

orey-eyed1895

up the (also a) pole1897

woozy1897

toxic1899

polluted1900

lit-up1902

on (also upon) one's ear1903

pie-eyed1903

pifflicated1905

piped1906

spiflicated1906

jingled1908

skimished1908

tin hat1909

canned1910

pipped1911

lit1912

peloothered1914

molo1916

shick1916

zigzag1916

blotto1917

oiled-up1918

stung1919

stunned1919

bottled1922

potted1922

rotto1922

puggled1923

puggle1925

fried1926

crocked1927

fluthered1927

lubricated1927

whiffled1927

liquefied1928

steamed1929

mirackc1930

overshot1931

swacked1932

looped1934

stocious1937

whistled1938

sauced1939

mashed1942

plonked1943

stone1945

juiced1946

buzzed1952

jazzed1955

schnockered1955

honkers1957

skunked1958

bombed1959

zonked1959

bevvied1960

mokus1960

snockered1961

plotzed1962

over the limit1966

the worse for wear1966

wasted1968

wired1970

zoned1971

blasted1972

Brahms and Liszt?1972

funked up1976

trousered1977

motherless1980

tired and emotional1981

ratted1982

rat-arsed1984

wazzed1990

mullered1993

twatted1993

bollocksed1994

lashed1996

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Entrebeu, halfe drunke, almost whift.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	whift
释义	whiftn. /hwɪft/ Forms: Also wift. Etymology: variant of whiff n.¹ with excrescent -t. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. A whiff or slight blast of wind, etc.; a snatch (of song). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > puff of pufflOE breathc1400 fuff1535 whiff1603 whift1614 tifta1765 cat's paw1769 skift1808 flaff1827 skiff1827 whiffle1842 whisp1884 quiff1912 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > a song > [noun] > a snatch of a song whift1855 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia v. 202 So hauing said, the surging whifts The ship ten times together lifts. 1855 R. Browning Fra Lippo Lippi in Men & Women I. 37 A sweep of lute-strings, laughs, and whifts of song. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 16 June 2/1 A wift of white foam. 2. A small signal flag. (Cf. whiff n.¹ 7.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > flag signalling > [noun] > signal flag waif1530 waft1562 whiff1693 affirmative flag1796 whift1839 cornet1874 1644 True Narr. Seige Plymouth 5 Having..given a signe..by hanging out a Wift, that he was in distresse. 1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale xii. 155 Two or three small flags, called ‘whifts’, which are inserted in the dead whale, in case the boats should leave it in chase of others. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 359 Waft, Weft, or Whift, a signal (most frequently for a boat) made by hoisting a flag rolled up lengthways and bound together with a few stops. 1901 W. C. Russell Ship's Adventure vii There's the barque that fouled us last night, sir. She's got a wift at her mizzen~peak. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † whiftadj. Etymology: < whiff v.¹ (compare sense 4) + -t = -ed suffix². Obsolete. rare. Drunk, intoxicated. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk fordrunkenc897 drunkena1050 cup-shottenc1330 drunka1400 inebriate1497 overseenc1500 liquor1509 fou1535 nase?1536 full1554 intoxicate1554 tippled1564 intoxicated1576 pepst1577 overflown1579 whip-cat1582 pottical1586 cup-shota1593 fox-drunk1592 lion-drunk1592 nappy1592 sack-sopped1593 in drink1598 disguiseda1600 drink-drowned1600 daggeda1605 pot-shotten1604 tap-shackled1604 high1607 bumpsy1611 foxed1611 in one's cups1611 liquored1611 love-pot1611 pot-sick1611 whift1611 owl-eyed1613 fapa1616 hota1616 inebriated1615 reeling ripea1616 in one's (or the) pots1618 scratched1622 high-flown?1624 pot-shot1627 temulentive1628 ebrious1629 temulent1629 jug-bitten1630 pot-shaken1630 toxed1635 bene-bowsiea1637 swilled1637 paid1638 soaken1651 temulentious1652 flagonal1653 fuddled1656 cut1673 nazzy1673 concerned1678 whittled1694 suckey1699 well-oiled1701 tippeda1708 tow-row1709 wet1709 swash1711 strut1718 cocked1737 cockeyed1737 jagged1737 moon-eyed1737 rocky1737 soaked1737 soft1737 stewed1737 stiff1737 muckibus1756 groggy1770 muzzeda1788 muzzya1795 slewed1801 lumpy1810 lushy1811 pissed1812 blue1813 lush1819 malty1819 sprung1821 three sheets in the wind1821 obfuscated1822 moppy1823 ripe1823 mixed1825 queer1826 rosined1828 shot in the neck1830 tight1830 rummy1834 inebrious1837 mizzled1840 obflisticated1840 grogged1842 pickled1842 swizzled1843 hit under the wing1844 obfusticatedc1844 ebriate1847 pixilated1848 boozed1850 ploughed1853 squiffy?1855 buffy1858 elephant trunk1859 scammered1859 gassed1863 fly-blown1864 rotten1864 shot1864 ebriose1871 shicker1872 parlatic1877 miraculous1879 under the influence1879 ginned1881 shickered1883 boiled1886 mosy1887 to be loaded for bear(s)1888 squiffeda1890 loaded1890 oversparred1890 sozzled1892 tanked1893 orey-eyed1895 up the (also a) pole1897 woozy1897 toxic1899 polluted1900 lit-up1902 on (also upon) one's ear1903 pie-eyed1903 pifflicated1905 piped1906 spiflicated1906 jingled1908 skimished1908 tin hat1909 canned1910 pipped1911 lit1912 peloothered1914 molo1916 shick1916 zigzag1916 blotto1917 oiled-up1918 stung1919 stunned1919 bottled1922 potted1922 rotto1922 puggled1923 puggle1925 fried1926 crocked1927 fluthered1927 lubricated1927 whiffled1927 liquefied1928 steamed1929 mirackc1930 overshot1931 swacked1932 looped1934 stocious1937 whistled1938 sauced1939 mashed1942 plonked1943 stone1945 juiced1946 buzzed1952 jazzed1955 schnockered1955 honkers1957 skunked1958 bombed1959 zonked1959 bevvied1960 mokus1960 snockered1961 plotzed1962 over the limit1966 the worse for wear1966 wasted1968 wired1970 zoned1971 blasted1972 Brahms and Liszt?1972 funked up1976 trousered1977 motherless1980 tired and emotional1981 ratted1982 rat-arsed1984 wazzed1990 mullered1993 twatted1993 bollocksed1994 lashed1996 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Entrebeu, halfe drunke, almost whift. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1614adj.1611
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