WAIF, in law, a term applied to such goods as a thief having feloniously stolen, on his being closely pursued are waved or left by the felon, which become forfeited to the king, or lord of the manor.
WAIGRA'S STRAITS, situated between Nova Zembla and Russia, through which the Dutch sailed to the north, as high as 75°, in order to discover a north-east passage to China and the East Indies.