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waif
(encz) | waif,nalezenec n: Zdeněk Brož |
waif
(encz) | waif,opuštěné dítě n: PetrV |
Waif
(gcide) | Waif \Waif\, n. [OF. waif, gaif, as adj., lost, unclaimed, chose
gaive a waif, LL. wayfium, res vaivae; of Scand. origin. See
Waive.]
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1. (Eng. Law.) Goods found of which the owner is not known;
originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to
prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king
unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and
brought him to justice. --Blackstone.
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2. Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which
comes along, as it were, by chance. "Rolling in his mind
old waifs of rhyme." --Tennyson.
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3. A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
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A waif
Desirous to return, and not received. --Cowper.
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waif
(wn) | waif
n 1: a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned;
"street children beg or steal in order to survive" [syn:
waif, street child] |
WAIF
(bouvier) | WAIFS. Stolen goods waived or scattered by a thief in his flight in order to
effect his escape.
2. Such goods by the English common law belong to the king. 1 Bl. Com.
296; 5 Co. 109; Cro. Eliz. 694. This prerogative has never been adopted here
against the true owner, and never put in practice against the finder, though
against him there would be better reason for adopting it. 2 Kent, Com. 292.
Vide Com. Dig. h.t.; 1 Bro. Civ. Law, 239, n.
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waif
(encz) | waif,nalezenec n: Zdeněk Brožwaif,opuštěné dítě n: PetrV |
Waif
(gcide) | Waif \Waif\, n. [OF. waif, gaif, as adj., lost, unclaimed, chose
gaive a waif, LL. wayfium, res vaivae; of Scand. origin. See
Waive.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Eng. Law.) Goods found of which the owner is not known;
originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to
prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king
unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and
brought him to justice. --Blackstone.
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2. Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which
comes along, as it were, by chance. "Rolling in his mind
old waifs of rhyme." --Tennyson.
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3. A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
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A waif
Desirous to return, and not received. --Cowper.
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Waift
(gcide) | Waift \Waift\, n.
A waif. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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waif
(wn) | waif
n 1: a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned;
"street children beg or steal in order to survive" [syn:
waif, street child] |
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