[f. WHIFFL(EN1 + -ING1.] The action of a whiffler in clearing the way; also attrib. or as ppl. a., used by, or acting as, a whiffler.
1618. in J. Nicholl, Comp. Ironm. (1866), 183. For 14 doz. of whiffling staves and 1 doz. of truncheons … 2 li. 5 s. 0 d.
1675. V. Alsop, Anti-Sozzo, iii. § 2. 156. These whiffling Slanders do but make way for the Show.
1683. [J. Norris], Murnival of Knaves, 16. The Rabbles Darlins, small Birch-rod Of Loyalty, a Whifling Blade.
