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wafer

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wafer  \Wa"fer\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Wafered};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Wafering}.] 
  To  seal  or  close  with  a  wafer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wafer  \Wa"fer\,  n.  [OE.  wafre,  OF  waufre  qaufre  F.  qaufre  of 
  Teutonic  origin;  cf  LG  &  D.  wafel,  G.  waffel,  Dan.  vaffel 
  Sw  v[*a]ffla;  all  akin  to  G.  wabe  a  honeycomb,  OHG.  waba, 
  being  named  from  the  resemblance  to  a  honeycomb.  G.  wabe  is 
  probably  akin  to  E.  weave.  See  {Weave},  and  cf  {Waffle}, 
  {Gauffer}.] 
  1.  (Cookery)  A  thin  cake  made  of  flour  and  other  ingredients. 
 
  Wafers  piping  hot  out  of  the  gleed.  --Chaucer. 
 
  The  curious  work  in  pastry,  the  fine  cakes,  wafers, 
  and  marchpanes.  --Holland. 
 
  A  woman's  oaths  are  wafers  --  break  with  making  --B. 
  Jonson 
 
  2.  (Eccl.)  A  thin  cake  or  piece  of  bread  (commonly 
  unleavened,  circular,  and  stamped  with  a  crucifix  or  with 
  the  sacred  monogram)  used  in  the  Eucharist,  as  in  the 
  Roman  Catholic  Church. 
 
  3.  An  adhesive  disk  of  dried  paste,  made  of  flour,  gelatin, 
  isinglass,  or  the  like  and  coloring  matter,  --  used  in 
  sealing  letters  and  other  documents. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wafer 
  n  1:  a  small  adhesive  disk  of  paste;  used  to  seal  letters 
  2:  a  small  thin  crisp  cake  or  cookie 
  3:  thin  disk  of  unleavened  bread  used  in  a  religious  service 
  (especially  in  the  celebration  of  the  Eucharist)




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