waffle2 (wofl)

i.; pret. and pp. waffled, ppr. waffling. [Freq. of waff 1.] To wave; fluetuate. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] waffles (wof'l), v. i. [Freq. of waff2.] To bark ince antly. Wright. [Prov. Eng.] waffle-iron (wof'l-i"ėrn), n. [= D. wafel - ijzer = G. waffel - eisen; as waffle + iron. Cf. wafer iron.] An iron utensil for baking waffles over a fire, having two flat halves hinged together, one to contain the batter, the other to cover it. Waffle-irons. 00 The iron has handles or projections by which it is readily turned, bringing each side near the fire alternately. The batter is quickly cooked, as the large heating-surface is increased by projections which stud the irons and indent the waffle. She took down the long-handled waffle - irons , and made a plate of those delicious cates. E. Eggleston , The Graysons, xxx i. wafouret, n. An old spelling of wafer . waft (waft), v . [A secondary form of wave , through the pp. waved , > waft , pp.: see wavel . Neither was it thought that they should get any pa age at all [to Dordract) till the ships at Middle borough were might be the more strongly wafted ouer. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 175. Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole. Pope, Eloisa to Abelard, 1. 58. 21. To buoy up; cause to float; keep from sinking. Whether cripples and mutilated persons, who have lost the greatest part of their thighs, will not sink but float, their lungs being abler to waft up their bodies, have not made experiment. we Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iv. 6. 31. To give notice by something in motion; signal to, as by waving the hand; beckon. One do I personate of Lord Timon's frame, Whom Fortune with her ivory hand wafts to her. Shak., T. of A., i. 1. 70. 4t. To cast lightly and quickly; turn. I met him With customary compliment; when he, Wafting his eyes to the contrary, and falling A lip of much contempt, speeds from me. Shak., W. T., 1. 2. 372.