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wheft

/wɛft/

wheft noun: a waft (flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal).

Noun

wheft (plural whefts)

  1. A waft (flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal)

Forms of wheft

pluralwhefts

Origin of wheft

Possibly a blend of waft (“breeze, indicative flag”) + Middle English wef (“odour, stench”), itself likely derived from weven (“to move about”) or a variant of wayf; compare wek, variant of weyk (“weak”).

Questions about wheft

What does wheft mean?
Wheft means a waft (flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal).
What part of speech is wheft?
Wheft is a noun.
How do you pronounce wheft?
Wheft is pronounced /wɛft/.
What is the plural of wheft?
The plural of wheft is whefts.

Words near wheft in the dictionary

  1. wheeziness
  2. wheezing
  3. wheezingly
  4. wheezings
  5. wheezy
  6. wheft
  7. whefts
  8. whekau
  9. whekaus
  10. wheki
  11. Whelan

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