waft

v. i. To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float. [ 1913 Webster ]

And now the shouts waft near the citadel. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A wave or current of wind. “Everywaft of the air.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing
Sweeps up the burden of whole wintry plains
In one wide waft. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An unpleasant flavor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag. [ Written also wheft. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A flag with a waft in it, when hoisted at the staff, or half way to the gaff, means, a man overboard; at the peak, a desire to communicate; at the masthead, “Recall boats.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Conveyance on a buoyant medium, as air or water. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Boats prepared for waftage to and fro. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, wafts. [ 1913 Webster ]

O Charon,
Thou wafter of the soul to bliss or bane. Beau. & FL. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A boat for passage. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]