A waif Desirous to return, and not received.
Cowper.
Waift (?), n. A waif. [Obs.] Spenser.
Wail (?), v. t. [Cf. Icel. val choice, velja to choose, akin to Goth.
waljan, G. wählen.] To choose; to select. [Obs.] "Wailed wine and
meats." Henryson.
Wail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wailing.] [OE.
wailen, weilen, probably fr. Icel. væla; cf. Icel. væ, vei, woe, and E.
wayment, also OE. wai, wei, woe. Cf. Woe.] To lament; to bewail; to
grieve over; as, to wail one's death. Shak.
Wail, v. i. To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to
weep.
Therefore I will wail and howl.
Micah i. 8.
Wail, n. Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing. "The wail of the
forest." Longfellow.
Wail"er (?), n. One who wails or laments.