Wheft

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Waft \Waft\, n.
     1. A wave or current of wind. "Everywaft of the air."
        --Longfellow.
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              In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing


              Sweeps up the burden of whole wintry plains
              In one wide waft.                     --Thomson.
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     2. A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.
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     3. An unpleasant flavor. [Obs.]
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     4. (Naut.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag. [Written
        also {wheft}.]
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     Note: 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."
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wheft \Wheft\, n.
     1. (Naut.) See {Waft}, n., 4.
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     2. (Naut.) A kind of streamer or flag used either as a
        signal, or at the masthead for ornament or to indicate the
        direction of the wind to aid in steering.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]