What is a wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child. A waif Desirous to return, and not received. Cowper called?
waif — A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child. A waif Desirous to return, and not received. Cowper. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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