Definition of "whift" [whift]

• A whiff or waft; a breath; a snatch. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• ""whift," was not the only evidence of the manner in which the _cachalot_ had met its death."
• "The "letter" had been carefully wrapped in a strip of oilskin, and then tied around the whift pole by a piece of sail twine."
• "Then they lay alongside of the floating carcase, spelled half an hour, had something to eat, and then Cheyne, who had a sense of humour, wrote the scrawl to Keller and tied it round the whift pole."