WHIFFLE

whiffle. Whiffle, v.t. to prevaricate, shuffle, trick, play

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Whif″fle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whiffled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Whiffling (?).] [[Freq. of whiff to puff, perhaps influenced by D. weifelen to waver.]] 1. 1. To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about. D�mpier.
2. 2. To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
A person of whiffing and unsteady turn of mind can not keep close to a point of controversy. I. Watts.