waftage

American  

[wahf-tij, waf-] / ˈwɑf tɪdʒ, ˈwæf- /

noun

1. the act of wafting.

2. the state of being wafted.

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Etymology

Origin of waftage

First recorded in 1550–60; waft + -age

Example Sentences

To make the scene perfectly realistic there is a smell of breakfast cooking, not unpleasant to those within its waftage who are yet to have their appetites appeased.

From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Wallace, Lewis

Like a strange soul upon the Stygian banks, Staying for waftage.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Surely it is the line which describes the ghosts, staying for waftage on the banks of the river, and stretching out their hands in passionate desire to the further shore: Tendebantque manus ripae ulterioris amore.

From Romance Two Lectures by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir

Thus Trimalchio says, 'I threw thy Cerberus a sleepy morsel, And paid thy Charon for my waftage over, And I have a golden sprig for my Proserpina.

From The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' by Awdeley, John

I have walked London streets for twelve and fifteen hours together without even a thought of saving my legs or my time, by paying for waftage.

From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories by Gissing, George