waif

n. ஆளற்ற பொருள், கேட்பாரற்ற விலங்கு, அலைவாரி, கடலில் அடித்துக்கொண்டுவரப்பட்ட பொருள், வானவாரி,அறியா வழியாகவந்த பொருள், ஆளற்றவர், வீடற்றவர், அநாதை, உதவியற்றவர், துணையிலாக் குழந்தை, எடுப்புக் குழந்தை.

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Waif, n. Etym: [OF. waif, gaif, as adj., lost, unclaimed, chose gaive a waif, LL. wayfium, res vaivae; of Scand. origin. See Waive.] 1. (Eng. Law.) Defn: 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. 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. 3. A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child. A waif Desirous to return, and not received. Cowper.

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