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waif1 (wāf)

[Middle English, ownerless property, stray animal, from Anglo-Norman, probably of Scandinavian origin.]

noun 

    1. A homeless person, especially a forsaken or orphaned child.
    2. An abandoned young animal.
  2. Something found and unclaimed, as an object cast up by the sea.
waif2 (wāf)

[Probably of Scandinavian origin.]

noun 

Nautical
See waft
waft (wäft, wăft)

[Back-formation from wafter, convoy ship, alteration of Middle English waughter, from Middle Dutch, or Middle Low German wachter, a guard, from wachten, to guard.]

verb: waft·ed, waft·ing, wafts. 

transitive verb 

  1. To cause to go gently and smoothly through the air or over water.
  2. To convey or send floating through the air or over water.

intransitive verb 

To float easily and gently, as on the air; drift: “It was a heat that wafted from streets, rolled between buildings and settled over sidewalks” (Sarah Lyall)

noun 

  1. Something, such as an odor, that is carried through the air.
  2. A light breeze; a rush of air.
  3. The act of fluttering or waving.
  4. Nautical A flag used for signaling or indicating wind direction. Also called waif2

derivatives

waft́er
noun