Definitions
a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
Word origin
Possibly from Old Norse veif (“flag; waving thing”); see further at etymology 1.
Used in a sentence
“waifs and strays”
“But vvhat a vvretched, and diſconſolate Hermitage is that Houſe, vvhich is not viſited by thee [God], and vvhat a VVayue, and Stray is that Man, that hath not thy Markes vpon him?”
“Only an old woman, bloated, disheveled and bleared. / Far-wandered waif of other days, / Huddles for sleep in a doorway, / Homeless.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Forsaken child”4 letters
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