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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whiff \Whiff\, v. i. To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: whiff n 1: a short light gust of air [syn: {puff}, {puff of air}] 2: from New England to Brazil v : draw air audibly up the nose [syn: {sniff}]
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