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I believe that every eye in the room followed them and watched till they curled and crinkled into black, wafery ashes.

From Rupert of Hentzau by Hope, Anthony

At Easter the clerk used to leave at the house of each pew-holder a packet of Easter cakes--thin wafery biscuits, not unlike Jewish Pass-over cakes.

From The Parish Clerk by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

It was not till comparatively recent times that the wafery, a special department of the royal kitchen, where the confectionery and pastry were prepared, was discontinued.

From Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine by Hazlitt, William Carew

Then lemonade and wafery little cakes were brought in, that the puzzlers might refresh themselves.

From Patty's Friends by Wells, Carolyn

"Allow me," said Mr. Raleigh, taking her plate and bringing it back directly with a wafery slice of bread and a quaking tumulus of jelly.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 by Various