Definition of "wafture" in Englisch

noun

1. (archaic) Something that is wafted, such as a smell or sound.

2. (archaic) The act of wafting something.

   • 1785, Henry Boyd (translator), Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Dublin: P. Byrne, Canto 1, p. 198, Then those that sing amid the purging flame, / Inspir’d by ling’ring hope at last to claim / A tardy wafture to the happy shore.