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Definition: Whiffle
Whiffle
\Whif"fle\, v. t.
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1. To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to
scatter. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
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2. To wave or shake quickly; to cause to whiffle.
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Whiffle
\Whif"fle\, n.
A fife or small flute. [Obs.] --Douce.
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Whiffle
\Whif"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Whiffled; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Whiffling.] [Freq. of whiff to puff, perhaps influenced
by D. weifelen to waver.]
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1. To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to
shift, turn, or veer about. --D?mpier.
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2. To change from one opinion or course to another; to use
evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
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A person of whiffing and unsteady turn of mind can
not keep close to a point of controversy. --I.
Watts.
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