waft
To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
Through the open window of the church the fragrant incense was wafted and with it the fragrant names of her who was conceived without stain of original sin […]
To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
A light breeze.
It lay before him white and ghaistly, with mist blowing in wafts across it and a slow swaying of the tides.
Something (such as an odor or perfume) that is carried through the air.
Meanwhile, the wafts from his old home pleaded, whispered, conjured, and finally claimed him imperiously.
(nautical) A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft.
(cricket, slang) A loose noncommittal shot, usually played to a ball pitched short of length and well wide of the off stump.
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