Waffle iron, an iron utensil or mold made in two parts shutting
together, — used for cooking waffles over a fire.
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.
This verb is regular; but waft was formerly som&?;times used, as by
Shakespeare, instead of wafted.
Waft, v. i. To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
And now the shouts waft near the citadel.
Dryden.
Waft, n. 1. A wave or current of wind. "Everywaft of the air."
Longfellow.
In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing Sweeps up the burden of
whole wintry plains In one wide waft.
Thomson.