WHIFF (2)

Whiff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whiffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Whiffing.] 1. 1. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
2. 2. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.
Old Empedocles, . . . who, when he leaped into Etna, having a dry, sear body, and light, the smoke took him, and whiffed him up into the moon. B. Jonson.