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Marysole \Ma"ry*sole\, n. [Mary, the proper name sole the
fish.] (Zool.)
A large British fluke, or flounder ({Rhombus megastoma}); --
called also {carter}, and {whiff}.
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Whiff \Whiff\, v. i.
To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.
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Whiff \Whiff\, n. [OE. weffe vapor, whiff, probably of imitative
origin; cf. Dan. vift a puff, gust, W. chwiff a whiff, puff.]
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1. A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or
slight gust, as of air or smoke.
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But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword
The unnerved father falls. --Shak.
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The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe,
And a scornful laugh laughed he. --Longfellow.
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2. A glimpse; a hasty view. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. (Zool.) The marysole, or sail fluke.
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Whiff \Whiff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whiffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Whiffing}.]
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1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
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2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff
or blow away.
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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.
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