Wafer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Wafer	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Wafer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wafer n a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters a small thin crisp cake or cookie thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wafer \Wa"fer\, n. [OE. wafre, OF. waufre, qaufre, F. qaufre; of Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. wafel, G. waffel, Dan. vaffel, Sw. v[86]ffla; all akin to G. wabe a honeycomb, OHG. waba, being named from the resemblance to a honeycomb. G. wabe is probably akin to E. weave. See {Weave}, and cf. {Waffle}, {Gauffer}.] 1. (Cookery) A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients. Wafers piping hot out of the gleed. --Chaucer. The curious work in pastry, the fine cakes, wafers, and marchpanes. --Holland. A woman's oaths are wafers -- break with making --B. Jonson. 2. (Eccl.) A thin cake or piece of bread (commonly unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or with the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church. 3. An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in sealing letters and other documents.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wafer \Wa"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wafered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wafering}.] To seal or close with a wafer.