Waft | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Wāft, v. t.

verbtransitive

(6), v. t. [imp. & p. p. WAFTED; p. pr. & vb. n. WAFTING.] [Sw. vefta, to go round in a circle, to fan, Dan. vifte, to fan, to waft, allied to wave, q. v.]

Sense 1. To bear through a fluid or buoyant medium; to convey through water or air; 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.

Sense 2. To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy. [Obs.] Browne.

Sense 3. To give notice to by something in motion; to wave the hand to; to beckon to. [Obs.]

But soft; who wafts us yonder? Shak.

This verb is regular; but waft was formerly sometimes used instead of wafted.

Wāft, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To be moved or to pass in a buoyant medium; to float.

And now the shouts waft near the citadel. Dryden.

Wāft, n.

noun

n. 1. A current of wind. [Rare.] “One wide waft.” Thomson.

A signal made by moving something, as a flag, in the air.
An unpleasant flavor. [Obs. and rare.]