wafture

[ wahf-cher, waf- ]

noun

the act of wafting.
something wafted: waftures of incense.

Origin of wafture

First recorded in 1595–1605; waft + -ure

Words Nearby wafture

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How to use wafture in a sentence

And with lofty wafture of the hand he took himself from the room.
Victor Ollnee's Discipline | Hamlin Garland
And anon he sniffed with his nostrils for a scent of violets, for a wafture from the grave, which came not.
The Late Tenant | Louis Tracy
I had only a glimpse of him, but several times felt the cool wafture of his silent wings.
Lilith | George MacDonald
Elusive notes in wandering wafture borneFrom undiscoverable lips, that blowAn immaterial horn.
Platform Monologues | T. G. Tucker
But Kenric only shook his head, with a grave smile and a quiet wafture of the hand, as if putting aside the undeserved sympathy.
Wager of Battle | Henry William Herbert

British Dictionary definitions for wafture

wafture

/ (ˈwɑːftʃə, ˈwɒf-) /

nounarchaic

the act of wafting or waving
anything that is wafted

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