Defn: A dealer in the cakes called wafers; a confectioner. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
WAFFLE
Waffle, n. Etym: [D. wafel. See Wafer.]
1. A thin cake baked and then rolled; a wafer.
2. A soft indented cake cooked in a waffle iron. Waffle iron, an iron utensil or mold made in two parts shutting together, — used for cooking waffles over a fire.
WAFT
Waft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wafting.] Etym:
[Prob. originally imp. & p. p. of wave, v. t. See Wave to waver.]
1. To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon. [Obs.] But soft: who wafts us yonder Shak.
2. To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel. A gentle wafting to immortal life. Milton. Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole. Pope.
3. To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Note: This verb is regular; but waft was formerly somwafted.
WAFT
Waft, v. i.