noun
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the act of wafting or waving
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anything that is wafted
Etymology
Origin of wafture
Example Sentences
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And anon he sniffed with his nostrils for a scent of violets, for a wafture from the grave, which came not.
From The Late Tenant by Louis Tracy
A big sigh escaped Charles-Norton, with a blue wafture of smoke.
From The Trimming of Goosie by James Hopper
The Shape made answer none, But with stern wafture of its hand went angrier striding on, Shaking the earth with heavier steps.
From The Irish Fairy Book by Various
For a moment Brunhild remained thoughtful, and then ordering the other pages out of the chamber with a wafture of her hand she addressed the one who had first come in.
From The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter by Eugène Sue
"He passed him up," on the spot, with a scornful wafture of his hand.
From An Anarchist Woman by Hutchins Hapgood
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