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waft /wäft, woft or waft/ transitive verb (pat and pap waftˈed (Spenser weft))- To bear, convey, transport or propel safely or lightly on the surface of or through a fluid medium such as air or water (poetic; also figurative)
- To signal to, beckon (perh for waff2)
- To turn (one's eyes; Shakespeare)
intransitive verb To float, sail, pass through the air noun- A scent or sound, or puff of smoke or vapour carried by the air
- A rush of air (also figurative)
- A slight taste, esp an unpleasant one
- An act of wafting or waving
- A waving movement
- A passage across the sea or other water (obsolete)
- A flag or substitute hoisted as a signal, esp an ensign, stopped together at the head and middle portions, slightly rolled up lengthwise, and hoisted at different positions at the after part of a ship (also weft or wheft)
- The act of displaying such a signal
ORIGIN: From obs wafter a convoying vessel, prob from LGer or Du wachter guard waftˈage noun - The act of wafting
- Transportation through air or across water
waftˈer noun waftˈing noun waftˈure noun (Shakespeare; Rowe's emendation, Julius Caesar, II.1.246) - The act of wafting or of waving
- A waving motion
- A beckoning
- Something wafted
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