waif

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

I. waif¹ (wāf)n.
1.
a. A homeless person, especially a forsaken or orphaned child.
b. An abandoned young animal.
2. Something found and unclaimed, as an object cast up by the sea. [Middle English, ownerless property, stray animal, from Anglo-Norman, probably of Scandinavian origin. See weip- in Indo-European Roots.] II. waif² (wāf)n. Nautical
See waft. [Probably of Scandinavian origin. See weip- in Indo-European Roots.]