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English Dictionary: waft	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for waft
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waft n a long flag; often tapering [syn: pennant, pennon, streamer, waft] v be driven or carried along, as by the air; "Sounds wafted into the room" blow gently; "A breeze wafted through the door"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waft \Waft\, v. i. To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float. And now the shouts waft near the citadel. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waft \Waft\, n. 1. A wave or current of wind. [bd]Everywaft of the air.[b8] --Longfellow. In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing Sweeps up the burden of whole wintry plains In one wide waft. --Thomson. 2. A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air. 3. An unpleasant flavor. [Obs.] 4. (Naut.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag. [Written also {wheft}.] 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, [bd]Recall boats.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.] But soft: who wafts us yonder? --Shak. 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. A gentle wafting to immortal life. --Milton. Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole. --Pope. 3. To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. Note: This verb is regular; but waft was formerly som[?]times used, as by Shakespeare, instead of wafted.