waftagen.

/ˈwɑːftɪdʒ/

/ˈwaftɪdʒ/

/ˈwɒftɪdʒ/

Forms: Also 1500s waiftage.

Etymology: < waft v.¹ + -age suffix.

I. The action of wafting.

†1. The action of convoying merchant-vessels.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > [noun] > convoying or escorting

waftage1558

wafting1559

convoy1600

beef trip1919

society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > sailing in company > of warships: convoying vessels

waftage1558

wafting1559

1558 Queen Elizabeth I in J. W. Burgon Life & Times Sir T. Gresham (1839) I. iii. 197 To advertise the Admirall..that order might be taken for his waftage over with the treasure.

1563 T. Gresham in J. W. Burgon Life & Times Sir T. Gresham (1839) II. 42 Sir Thomas Cotton seant the barck of Bollen with me, for my better waiftage.

1563–4 High Court of Admiralty Exam. (MS.) Bundle 98, 13 Mar. ij frenche men of warr who then had in their company and under ther waftage ij Flemishe hoyes.

1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lviii. 132 Hee had beene many yeares Generall of the south Sea, for the carriage and waftage of the silver from Lyma to Panama.

a. Conveyance across water by ship or boat.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun]

shipping1483

water carriage1516

wafting1559

waftage1606

shippage1611

reshipping1617

transwaftage1624

waterage1677

1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xxii. 84 Agathocles in the same ships that he had waftage ouer out of Sicil, was transported into Syracuse.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. i. 95 An. What ship of Epidamium staies for me. S. Dro. A ship you sent me too, to hier waftage .

1627 M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt 13 The Ships appointed wherein they should goe, And Boats prepar'd for waftage to and fro.

1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. i. 3 in Church-hist. Brit. The Ferrie over the river Grant was a vagrant before (even any where, where passengers could get waftage over).

1673 H. Stubbe Further Iustification War against Netherlands App. 132 There was paid..300000 l. in one year: besides the Tenth fish and Cask, paid for Waftage.

b. Conveyance over the Styx.Very common in 16–17 c. poetry and drama.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [noun]

hensithOE

qualmOE

bale-sithea1000

endingc1000

fallOE

forthsitheOE

soulingOE

life's endOE

deathOE

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last end?c1225

forthfarec1275

dying1297

finec1300

partingc1300

endc1305

deceasec1330

departc1330

starving1340

passingc1350

latter enda1382

obita1382

perishingc1384

carrion1387

departing1388

finishmentc1400

trespassement14..

passing forthc1410

sesse1417

cess1419

fininga1425

resolutiona1425

departisona1450

passagea1450

departmentc1450

consummation?a1475

dormition1483

debt to (also of) naturea1513

dissolutionc1522

expirationa1530

funeral?a1534

change1543

departure1558

last change1574

transmigration1576

dissolving1577

shaking of the sheets?1577

departance1579

deceasure1580

mortality1582

deceasing1591

waftage1592

launching1599

quietus1603

doom1609

expire1612

expiring1612

period1613

defunctiona1616

Lethea1616

fail1623

dismissiona1631

set1635

passa1645

disanimation1646

suffering1651

abition1656

Passovera1662

latter (last) end1670

finis1682

exitus1706

perch1722

demission1735

demise1753

translation1760

transit1764

dropping1768

expiry1790

departal1823

finish1826

homegoing1866

the last (also final, great) round-up1879

snuffing1922

fade-out1924

thirty1929

appointment in Samarra1934

dirt nap1981

big chill1987

1592 S. Daniel Complaynt of Rosamond in Delia ii. H. 3 Caron denies me waftage with the rest.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. ii. 9 Like to a strange soule vpon the Stigian bankes Staying for waftage.

1639 G. Daniel Vervicensis 24 in Wks. (Grosart) I. 128 The infernall Foorde; Where happie Soules get waftage, with a Worde.

1834 Fraser's Mag. 10 26 The crazy bark of old Charon, only fitted for the light waftage of ghosts.

c. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια vi. vi. 356 The Pleura..giueth also to the vessels a safe waftage and a kinde of stability.

1615 T. Adams Spirituall Nauigator 9 in Blacke Devill Praising God..for their safe waftage ouer the sea of this World.

1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 36 Afflictions..are as necessary for our waftage to glory, as water is to carry the Ship to her Port.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 69 Is this the Elysium after a tedious Waftage?

3. Passage through the air or through space.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > [noun] > passage through the air

waftagea1658

float1807

a1658 J. Cleveland Let. in Wks. (1687) 119 As if their Travel (like Witches in the Air) were nothing but the Waftage of a deluded Phantasie.

a1700 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. 132 A Chariot for his Waftage was decreed, With long~wing'd Horses of Cœlestial Breed.

1834 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 35 775 Forest flies, ephemerals all like ourselves—but happier far in their airy waftage or watery voyaging, than the vain race of man!

1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche iii. ii. 27 The solitary rocks where she was left; And thence in dark and airy waftage reft, How on the flowers she had been disburdened light.

4. The action or power of propulsion which the wind or breeze has; also, conveyance by such propulsion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > [noun] > propulsion > by air or current

racking1630

waftage1651

wafture1755

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind as means of propulsion > action or power of propulsion

waftage1651

1651 E. Sherburne Salmacis 327 She..Sent him by the light waftage of the Wind, A sigh, an Ah Mee, Nuncios of her Mind.

1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 5194 In their [the snow flakes'] continual motion and waftage to and fro touching upon each other.

1861 Fraser's Mag. Dec. 758 Then there comes fitfully on the feeble waftage of the awakening night~breeze an uncertain wail of music.

1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur iv. v Let us give ourselves to waftage of the winds.

II. A means of wafting.

†5. Vessels for the conveyance of merchandise or passengers by water. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > collectively

waftage1650

1650 T. Bayly Worcesters Apophthegmes 107 Passes granted unto him, both by Land and Sea, with carts by Land, and waftage by Sea.

1659 J. Harrington Art of Law-giving iii. iv. 106 For these [men], the Commonwealth in her Sea-guard hath always at hand sufficient waftage.

†6. A means of conveyance through the air. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > [noun]

waftage1636

1636 W. Strode Floating Island iii. iii Nothing to carry me but Barges, Coaches? Sedans, and Litters? through the Aire I'd passe By some new waftage.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	waftage
释义	waftagen. /ˈwɑːftɪdʒ//ˈwaftɪdʒ//ˈwɒftɪdʒ/ Forms: Also 1500s waiftage. Etymology: < waft v.¹ + -age suffix. I. The action of wafting. †1. The action of convoying merchant-vessels. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > [noun] > convoying or escorting waftage1558 wafting1559 convoy1600 beef trip1919 society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > sailing in company > of warships: convoying vessels waftage1558 wafting1559 1558 Queen Elizabeth I in J. W. Burgon Life & Times Sir T. Gresham (1839) I. iii. 197 To advertise the Admirall..that order might be taken for his waftage over with the treasure. 1563 T. Gresham in J. W. Burgon Life & Times Sir T. Gresham (1839) II. 42 Sir Thomas Cotton seant the barck of Bollen with me, for my better waiftage. 1563–4 High Court of Admiralty Exam. (MS.) Bundle 98, 13 Mar. ij frenche men of warr who then had in their company and under ther waftage ij Flemishe hoyes. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lviii. 132 Hee had beene many yeares Generall of the south Sea, for the carriage and waftage of the silver from Lyma to Panama. 2. a. Conveyance across water by ship or boat. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] shipping1483 water carriage1516 wafting1559 waftage1606 shippage1611 reshipping1617 transwaftage1624 waterage1677 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xxii. 84 Agathocles in the same ships that he had waftage ouer out of Sicil, was transported into Syracuse. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. i. 95 An. What ship of Epidamium staies for me. S. Dro. A ship you sent me too, to hier waftage . View more context for this quotation 1627 M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt 13 The Ships appointed wherein they should goe, And Boats prepar'd for waftage to and fro. 1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. i. 3 in Church-hist. Brit. The Ferrie over the river Grant was a vagrant before (even any where, where passengers could get waftage over). 1673 H. Stubbe Further Iustification War against Netherlands App. 132 There was paid..300000 l. in one year: besides the Tenth fish and Cask, paid for Waftage. b. Conveyance over the Styx.Very common in 16–17 c. poetry and drama. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] hensithOE qualmOE bale-sithea1000 endingc1000 fallOE forthsitheOE soulingOE life's endOE deathOE hethensithc1200 last end?c1225 forthfarec1275 dying1297 finec1300 partingc1300 endc1305 deceasec1330 departc1330 starving1340 passingc1350 latter enda1382 obita1382 perishingc1384 carrion1387 departing1388 finishmentc1400 trespassement14.. passing forthc1410 sesse1417 cess1419 fininga1425 resolutiona1425 departisona1450 passagea1450 departmentc1450 consummation?a1475 dormition1483 debt to (also of) naturea1513 dissolutionc1522 expirationa1530 funeral?a1534 change1543 departure1558 last change1574 transmigration1576 dissolving1577 shaking of the sheets?1577 departance1579 deceasure1580 mortality1582 deceasing1591 waftage1592 launching1599 quietus1603 doom1609 expire1612 expiring1612 period1613 defunctiona1616 Lethea1616 fail1623 dismissiona1631 set1635 passa1645 disanimation1646 suffering1651 abition1656 Passovera1662 latter (last) end1670 finis1682 exitus1706 perch1722 demission1735 demise1753 translation1760 transit1764 dropping1768 expiry1790 departal1823 finish1826 homegoing1866 the last (also final, great) round-up1879 snuffing1922 fade-out1924 thirty1929 appointment in Samarra1934 dirt nap1981 big chill1987 1592 S. Daniel Complaynt of Rosamond in Delia ii. H. 3 Caron denies me waftage with the rest. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. ii. 9 Like to a strange soule vpon the Stigian bankes Staying for waftage. 1639 G. Daniel Vervicensis 24 in Wks. (Grosart) I. 128 The infernall Foorde; Where happie Soules get waftage, with a Worde. 1834 Fraser's Mag. 10 26 The crazy bark of old Charon, only fitted for the light waftage of ghosts. c. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια vi. vi. 356 The Pleura..giueth also to the vessels a safe waftage and a kinde of stability. 1615 T. Adams Spirituall Nauigator 9 in Blacke Devill Praising God..for their safe waftage ouer the sea of this World. 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 36 Afflictions..are as necessary for our waftage to glory, as water is to carry the Ship to her Port. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 69 Is this the Elysium after a tedious Waftage? 3. Passage through the air or through space. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > [noun] > passage through the air waftagea1658 float1807 a1658 J. Cleveland Let. in Wks. (1687) 119 As if their Travel (like Witches in the Air) were nothing but the Waftage of a deluded Phantasie. a1700 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. 132 A Chariot for his Waftage was decreed, With long~wing'd Horses of Cœlestial Breed. 1834 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 35 775 Forest flies, ephemerals all like ourselves—but happier far in their airy waftage or watery voyaging, than the vain race of man! 1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche iii. ii. 27 The solitary rocks where she was left; And thence in dark and airy waftage reft, How on the flowers she had been disburdened light. 4. The action or power of propulsion which the wind or breeze has; also, conveyance by such propulsion. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > [noun] > propulsion > by air or current racking1630 waftage1651 wafture1755 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind as means of propulsion > action or power of propulsion waftage1651 1651 E. Sherburne Salmacis 327 She..Sent him by the light waftage of the Wind, A sigh, an Ah Mee, Nuncios of her Mind. 1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 5194 In their [the snow flakes'] continual motion and waftage to and fro touching upon each other. 1861 Fraser's Mag. Dec. 758 Then there comes fitfully on the feeble waftage of the awakening night~breeze an uncertain wail of music. 1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur iv. v Let us give ourselves to waftage of the winds. II. A means of wafting. †5. Vessels for the conveyance of merchandise or passengers by water. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > collectively waftage1650 1650 T. Bayly Worcesters Apophthegmes 107 Passes granted unto him, both by Land and Sea, with carts by Land, and waftage by Sea. 1659 J. Harrington Art of Law-giving iii. iv. 106 For these [men], the Commonwealth in her Sea-guard hath always at hand sufficient waftage. †6. A means of conveyance through the air. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > [noun] waftage1636 1636 W. Strode Floating Island iii. iii Nothing to carry me but Barges, Coaches? Sedans, and Litters? through the Aire I'd passe By some new waftage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1558
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