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Whept vs Wheft - What's the difference?

whept | wheft |

As a verb whept

is (archaic) (whip):.

As a noun wheft is

(nautical) a waft (flag).

whept

English

Verb

(head)
  • (archaic) (whip):
  • * 1776 April 2, Diary of David How: A Private in Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent’s Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, in the Army of the American Revolution (1865), page 12:
    • This morning one of Capt. Pharinton’s men was Whept 30 Lashes for Stealing A cheese.
  • * 1994 , , Canadian Society for Musical Traditions (Société Canadienne pour les Traditions Musicales), volume XXII, page 42:
    • Doctor Faustus was a good man // He whept' his scholars now and then // And when he ' whept ?em made ?em dance // Out of Scotland into France

    wheft

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A waft (flag)