Index of English words, starting with "wa"

(1) - Waif (n.) A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
(2) - Waif (n.) Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance.
(3) - Waif (n.) Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.

(1) - Wail (n.) Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing.
(2) - Wail (v. i.) To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.
(3) - Wail (v. t.) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death.
(4) - Wail (v. t.) To choose; to select.

(1) - Wailer (n.) One who wails or laments.