Waft

waft, v.t. to bear through a fluid medium, as air or water: ( Shak. ) to wave the hand, beckon, to turn.— v.i. to float.— n. a floating body: a signal made by moving something in the air, esp. an ensign, stopped together at the head and middle portions, slightly rolled up lengthwise, and hoisted at different positions at the after-part of a ship: a breath, puff, slight odour.— ns. Waf′tāge , act of wafting, transportation in air or water; Waf′ter , one who or that which wafts; Waf′tūre ( Shak. ), act of wafting or of waving, waving motion, beckoning. [ Wave .]