Wheft

//wɛft// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A waft (flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal)

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whiff

Etymology

Possibly a blend of waft (“breeze, indicative flag”) + Middle English wef (“odour, stench”), itself likely derived from weven (“to move about”) or a variant of wayf; compare wek, variant of weyk (“weak”).

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