waif¹ /wāf/

1. A neglected, abandoned or orphaned child
2. A homeless wanderer
3. A fashionable young woman, esp a model, of extremely slender build (informal)
4. A piece of property found ownerless, eg a strayed animal, or goods cast up by the tide (Spenser waift or weft; also figurative)
5. Stolen goods abandoned by the thief (obsolete)

Wandering, neglected

To cast up as a waif

waifˈish adjective

waifˈlike adjective

waif and stray noun

Strayed property (see n above)

waifs and strays plural noun

Homeless, destitute people

waif² /wāf/

A streak, puff, same as waff²

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