waff
English
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Verb
waff (third-person singular simple present waffs, present participle waffing, simple past and past participle waffed)
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English waffen, from Old English wafian (“to wave”). Compare also Middle English waf, wayfe (“smell; waft; odour”).
Verb
waff
- to wave, to move to and fro
Descendants
- waffle (Etymology 2) (in the sense "vacillate")
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