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Traditional English :: waft
waft.html - v. & n.
--v.
    tr. & intr. convey or travel easily as through air or over water; sweep smoothly and lightly along.
--n.
    1 (usu. foll. by of) a whiff or scent.
    2 a transient sensation of peace, joy, etc.
    3 (also weft) Naut. a distress signal, e.g. an ensign rolled or knotted or a garment flown in the rigging. [orig. 'convoy (ship etc.)', back-form. f. obs. waughter, wafter armed convoy-ship, f. Du. or LG wachter f. wachten to guard]
Traditional English :: WAF
waft.html - abbr.
(in the US) Women in the Air Force.
Traditional English :: wafer
waft.html - n. & v.
--n.
    1 a very thin light crisp sweet biscuit, esp. of a kind eaten with ice-cream.
    2 a thin disc of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist.
    3 a disc of red paper stuck on a legal document instead of a seal.
    4 Electronics a very thin slice of a semiconductor crystal used as the substrate for solid-state circuitry.
    5 hist. a small disc of dried paste formerly used for fastening letters, holding papers together, etc.
--v.
    tr. fasten or seal with a wafer.
    wafer-thin very thin.
    wafery adj. [ME f. AF wafre, ONF waufre, OF gaufre (cf. GOFFER) f. MLG wafel waffle: cf. WAFFLE(2)]
Traditional English :: waffle(1)
waft.html - n. & v.
esp. Brit. colloq. --n.
    verbose but aimless or ignorant talk or writing.
--v.
    intr. indulge in waffle.
    waffler n. waffly adj. [orig. dial., frequent. of waff = yelp, yap (imit.)]
Traditional English :: waffle(2)
waft.html - n.
esp. US a small crisp batter cake.
    waffle-iron a utensil, usu. of two shallow metal pans hinged together, for baking waffles. [Du. wafel, waefel f. MLG wafel: cf. WAFER]
Traditional English :: waft
waft.html - v. & n.
--v.
    tr. & intr. convey or travel easily as through air or over water; sweep smoothly and lightly along.
--n.
    1 (usu. foll. by of) a whiff or scent.
    2 a transient sensation of peace, joy, etc.
    3 (also weft) Naut. a distress signal, e.g. an ensign rolled or knotted or a garment flown in the rigging. [orig. 'convoy (ship etc.)', back-form. f. obs. waughter, wafter armed convoy-ship, f. Du. or LG wachter f. wachten to guard]
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