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wafty, a.|ˈwɑːftɪ, ˈwæf-, ˈwɒf-| [f. waft n.1 and v.1 + -y.] †1. (See quot.) Obs.
1611Cotgr., Vapide, waftie, or wafted; that sends vp an ill fume, that yeelds a stinking vapor. 2. Of the wind: That wafts a perfume.
1863Dobell Autumn Mood Poet. Wks. 1875 II. 333 Oh, old old Minstrelsy, oh, wafty winds of Romaunt, Blow me your harps! 3. That wafts or moves to and fro in the wind. nonce-use.
1922Joyce Ulysses 289 The wafty sycamore, the Lebanonian cedar, the exalted planetree. |