From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Marysole \Ma"ry*sole\, n. [Mary, the proper name + sole the
fish.] (Zool.)
A large British fluke, or flounder ({Rhombus megastoma}); --
called also {carter}, and {whiff}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Whiff \Whiff\, v. i.
To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Whiff \Whiff\, n. [OE. weffe vapor, whiff, probably of imitative
origin; cf. Dan. vift a puff, gust, W. chwiff a whiff, puff.]
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1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or
slight gust, as of air or smoke.
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But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword
The unnerved father falls. --Shak.
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The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe,
And a scornful laugh laughed he. --Longfellow.
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2. A glimpse; a hasty view. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. (Zool.) The marysole, or sail fluke.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Whiff \Whiff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whiffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Whiffing}.]
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1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
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2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff
or blow away.
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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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whiff
n 1: a short light gust of air [syn: {puff}, {puff of air},
{whiff}]
2: a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England
to Brazil
3: a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing
the ball for the third strike
v 1: perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume"
[syn: {sniff}, {whiff}]
2: drive or carry as if by a puff of air; "The gust of air
whiffed away the clouds"
3: strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the
third
4: smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
[syn: {puff}, {whiff}]
5: utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer"
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