Defn: The granting or dedication of property in trust for a pious purpose, that is, to some object that tends to the good of mankind, as to support a mosque or caravansary, to provide for support of one's family, kin, or neighbors, to benefit some particular person or persons and afterward the poor, etc.; also, the trust so created, or the property in trust.
WAKIF
Wa"kif (wä"kif), n. [Ar. waqif.] (Moham. Law)
Defn: The person creating a wakf.
WAKING
Wak"ing, n.
1. The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.
2. A watch; a watching. [Obs.] "Bodily pain . . . standeth in prayer, in wakings, in fastings." Chaucer. In the fourth waking of the night. Wyclif (Matt. xiv. 25).
WALAWAY
Wa"la*way, interj.
Defn: See Welaway. [Obs.]
WALD
Wald, n. Etym: [AS. weald. See Wold.]
Defn: A forest; — used as a termination of names. See Weald.