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   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.]
    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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   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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   To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy. [Obs.]
   Sir T. Browne.
   
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   ☞ This verb is regular; but waft was formerly sometimes used, as by Shakespeare, instead of wafted.
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   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, n.
   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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   A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.
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   An unpleasant flavor. [Obs.]
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   (Naut.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag. [Written also wheft.]
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   ☞ 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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