| ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -waif-, *waif* |
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| | waif | (เวฟ) n. บุคคลที่ไร้บ้านไร้เพื่อน, เด็กจรจัด, ของเก็บตก, ของตกหาย, ของไม่มีเจ้าของ, สัตว์หลงทางหรือไม่มีเจ้าของ, สัญญาณ, Syn. urchin, gamin |
| | waif | (n) คนจรจัด, ของเก็บตก |
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| | waif | ทรัพย์ที่ไม่ปรากฏเจ้าของ [นิติศาสตร์ ๑๑ มี.ค. ๒๕๔๕] |
| | | | เด็กข้างถนน | [dek khāng thanon] (n, exp) EN: homeless child ; waif FR: enfant de la rue [ m, f ] | | เด็กเร่ร่อน | [dek rērǿn] (n, exp) EN: waif ; homeless child |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Waif \Waif\, n. [OF. waif, gaif, as adj., lost, unclaimed, chose
gaive a waif, LL. wayfium, res vaivae; of Scand. origin. See
{Waive}.]
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1. (Eng. Law.) 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. --Blackstone.
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2. Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which
comes along, as it were, by chance. "Rolling in his mind
old waifs of rhyme." --Tennyson.
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3. A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
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A waif
Desirous to return, and not received. --Cowper.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waif
n 1: a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned;
"street children beg or steal in order to survive" [syn:
{waif}, {street child}]
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