Crossword clues for wafting
wafting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon. [Obs.]
But soft: who wafts us yonder?
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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.
A gentle wafting to immortal life.
--Milton.Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole.
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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.
Wiktionary
n. An instance of wafting; the action of something that wafts. vb. (present participle of waft English)
Usage examples of "wafting".
He wandered through the apartment with fetid odorific waftings, what was new?
While he slept, the wind continued to blow eastward and at dawn it still pushed the ship on, though by intermittent light waftings, until midday when it ceased entirely and the ship drifted hi the doldrums.
The Power filled him, breath of life, wind to uproot oaks, summer wind sweetened with flowers, foul waftings from a midden heap.