Waf"ture (?), n. The act of waving; a wavelike motion; a waft. R.
Browning.
An angry wafture of your hand.
Shak.
Wag (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wagging.] [OE.
waggen; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. vagga to rock a cradle,
vagga cradle, Icel. vagga, Dan. vugge; akin to AS. wagian to move, wag,
wegan to bear, carry, G. & D. bewegen to move, and E. weigh. √136. See
Weigh.] To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and
fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body;
as, to wag the head.
No discerner durst wag his tongue in censure.
Shak.
Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
Jer. xviii. 16.
Wag expresses specifically the motion of the head and body used in
buffoonery, mirth, derision, sport, and mockery.
Wag, v. i. 1. To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro;
to vibrate.
The resty sieve wagged ne'er the more.
Dryden.
2. To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to
stir. [Colloq.]
"Thus we may see," quoth he, "how the world wags."
Shak.