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whiffle
/ˈ(h)wɪfl̩/
verb 5noun 4
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2ADJ.
all
ADV.
away
Definitions
noun
1
A short blow or gust.
2
A male haircut done with electric clippers.
3
Something small or insignificant; a trifle.
4
A fife or small flute.
verb
1
To blow a short gust.
2
To waffle, talk aimlessly.
3
To waste time.
4
To travel quickly with an accompanying wind-like sound; whizz, whistle along.
5
To descend rapidly from a height once the decision to land has been made, involving fast side-slipping first one way and then the other.
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[S]ometimes it may happen that ſuch a Cloud may appear ſeveral Mornings and Evenings, and we may not feel the effects of it, or but very little; yet we always provide againſt it; for a North never com
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[A] Perſon of whiffling and unſteady Turn of Mind, who cannot keep cloſe to a Point of Controverſy, […]
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This is a plain and obvious ſenſe of this Promiſe, […] againſt ſuch as would whiffle away all theſe Truths by reſolving them into a mere moral Allegorie.
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