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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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. [1913 Webster]

2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Whiff \Whiff\, v. i. To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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. [1913 Webster]

But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword The unnerved father falls. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

2. A glimpse; a hasty view. [Prov. Eng.]

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3. (Zool.) The marysole, or sail fluke. [1913 Webster]

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whiff

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Marysole \Ma"ry*sole\, n. [Mary, the proper name + sole the fish.]

(Zo["o]l.) A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); -- called also carter, and whiff.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Whiff \Whiff\, n. [OE. weffe vapor, whiff, probably of imitative origin; cf. Dan. vift a puff, gust, W. chwiff a whiff, puff.]

1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.

But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword The unnerved father falls. --Shak.

The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he. --Longfellow.

2. A glimpse; a hasty view. [Prov. Eng.]

3. (Zo["o]l.) The marysole, or sail fluke.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Whiff \Whiff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whiffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Whiffing.]

1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.

2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Whiff \Whiff\, v. i. To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)