noun

• (weaving) The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
• (weaving) The yarn used for the weft; the fill.
• (hairdressing) A hair extension that is glued directly to a person′s natural hair.
• (obsolete) Alternative spelling of waif. [(Britain, law, archaic) Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property found of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.]