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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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 Sue, Eugène
A big sigh escaped Charles-Norton, with a blue wafture of smoke.
From The Trimming of Goosie by Hopper, James
At a second wafture, the nephew and the freedman both departed, glad to be spared the witnessing a scene so awful as that which was about to ensue.
From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 by Herbert, Henry William
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
I had only a glimpse of him, but several times felt the cool wafture of his silent wings.
From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George
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