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Meaning Of Waif
n.
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.
n.
Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes
along, as it were, by chance.
n.
A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.