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waft
(encz) | waft,vanout v: Zdeněk Brož |
waft
(encz) | waft,závan n: Zdeněk Brož |
Waft
(gcide) | Waft \Waft\, n.
1. A wave or current of wind. "Everywaft of the air."
--Longfellow.
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In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing
Sweeps up the burden of whole wintry plains
In one wide waft. --Thomson.
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2. A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.
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3. An unpleasant flavor. [Obs.]
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4. (Naut.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag. [Written
also wheft.]
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Note: A flag with a waft in it, when hoisted at the staff, or
half way to the gaff, means, a man overboard; at the
peak, a desire to communicate; at the masthead, "Recall
boats."
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Waft
(gcide) | Waft \Waft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wafted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wafting.] [Prob. originally imp. & p. p. of wave, v. t. See
Wave to waver.]
1. To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand
to; to beckon. [Obs.]
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But soft: who wafts us yonder? --Shak.
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2. To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse
of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant
medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel.
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A gentle wafting to immortal life. --Milton.
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Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul,
And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole. --Pope.
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3. To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy. [Obs.]
--Sir T. Browne.
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Note: This verb is regular; but waft was formerly som?times
used, as by Shakespeare, instead of wafted.
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Waft
(gcide) | Waft \Waft\, v. i.
To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
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And now the shouts waft near the citadel. --Dryden.
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waft
(wn) | waft
n 1: a long flag; often tapering [syn: pennant, pennon,
streamer, waft]
v 1: be driven or carried along, as by the air; "Sounds wafted
into the room"
2: blow gently; "A breeze wafted through the door" |
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waft
(encz) | waft,vanout v: Zdeněk Brožwaft,závan n: Zdeněk Brož |
wafture
(encz) | wafture, n: |
Upwaft
(gcide) | Upwaft \Up*waft"\, v. t.
To waft upward. --Cowper.
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Waftage
(gcide) | Waftage \Waft"age\, n.
Conveyance on a buoyant medium, as air or water. --Shak.
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Boats prepared for waftage to and fro. --Drayton.
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Wafted
(gcide) | Waft \Waft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wafted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wafting.] [Prob. originally imp. & p. p. of wave, v. t. See
Wave to waver.]
1. To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand
to; to beckon. [Obs.]
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But soft: who wafts us yonder? --Shak.
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2. To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse
of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant
medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel.
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A gentle wafting to immortal life. --Milton.
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Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul,
And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole. --Pope.
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3. To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy. [Obs.]
--Sir T. Browne.
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Note: This verb is regular; but waft was formerly som?times
used, as by Shakespeare, instead of wafted.
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Wafter
(gcide) | Wafter \Waft"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, wafts.
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O Charon,
Thou wafter of the soul to bliss or bane. --Beau. &
FL.
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2. A boat for passage. --Ainsworth.
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Wafting
(gcide) | Waft \Waft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wafted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wafting.] [Prob. originally imp. & p. p. of wave, v. t. See
Wave to waver.]
1. To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand
to; to beckon. [Obs.]
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But soft: who wafts us yonder? --Shak.
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2. To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse
of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant
medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel.
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A gentle wafting to immortal life. --Milton.
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Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul,
And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole. --Pope.
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3. To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy. [Obs.]
--Sir T. Browne.
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Note: This verb is regular; but waft was formerly som?times
used, as by Shakespeare, instead of wafted.
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Wafture
(gcide) | Wafture \Waf"ture\, n.
The act of waving; a wavelike motion; a waft. --R. Browning.
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An angry wafture of your hand. --Shak.
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waft
(wn) | waft
n 1: a long flag; often tapering [syn: pennant, pennon,
streamer, waft]
v 1: be driven or carried along, as by the air; "Sounds wafted
into the room"
2: blow gently; "A breeze wafted through the door" |
wafture
(wn) | wafture
n 1: the act of signaling by a movement of the hand [syn:
wave, waving, wafture] |
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