Defn: The marysole, or sail fluke.
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.
WHIFF
Whiff, v. i.
Defn: To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.
WHIFFET
Whif"fet, n.
Defn: A little whiff or puff.
WHIFFING
Whiff"ing, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.