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Waif

Definition: Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such
goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which
belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took
him, and brought him to justice.

Waif

Definition: Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes
along, as it were, by chance.

Waif

Definition: A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.