Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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WEFF, n., adj.
I. n. A transient odour (Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XI. 227). Cf. Waff, n.1, 3.
II. adj. Having a musty smell (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.). Cf. Wauch, adj., 1.
[Prob. a variant of Waff, n.1, 4., but cf. also Mid.Eng. weffe, = 1.]
