- wheft
- Waft Waft, n.
1. A wave or current of wind. ``Everywaft of the air.''
--Longfellow.
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In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing Sweeps up the burden of whole wintry plains In one wide waft. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
2. A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air. [1913 Webster]
3. An unpleasant flavor. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
4. (Naut.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag. [Written also {wheft}.] [1913 Webster]
Note: A flag with a waft in it, when hoisted at the staff, or half way to the gaff, means, a man overboard; at the peak, a desire to communicate; at the masthead, ``Recall boats.'' [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
