2. A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollack, mackerel, and the
like.
Whif"fle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whiffled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Whiffling (?).] [Freq. of whiff to puff, perhaps influenced by D.
weifelen to waver.]
1. To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or
veer about. D&?;mpier.
2. To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to
prevaricate; to be fickle.
A person of whiffing and unsteady turn of mind can not keep close to a
point of controversy.