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English Dictionary: waved by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wave \Wave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waved} (w[amac]vd); p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Waving}.] [OE. waven, AS. wafian to waver, to
      hesitate, to wonder; akin to w[91]fre wavering, restless,
      MHG. wabern to be in motion, Icel. vafra to hover about; cf.
      Icel. v[be]fa to vibrate. Cf. {Waft}, {Waver}.]
      1. To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the
            other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
  
                     His purple robes waved careless to the winds.
                                                                              --Trumbull.
  
                     Where the flags of three nations has successively
                     waved.                                                --Hawthorne.
  
      2. To be moved to and fro as a signal. --B. Jonson.
  
      3. To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to
            vacillate. [Obs.]
  
                     He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither
                     good nor harm.                                    --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waved \Waved\, a.
      1. Exhibiting a wavelike form or outline; undulating;
            intended; wavy; as, waved edge.
  
      2. Having a wavelike appearance; marked with wavelike lines
            of color; as, waved, or watered, silk.
  
      3. (Her.) Having undulations like waves; -- said of one of
            the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the
            ordinaries, etc.
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