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waft
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noun
  1. a light breeze
  2. something (a scent or odor), such as a perfume, that is carried through the air
  3. (nautical) a flag, (also called a waif), used to indicate wind direction
verb
  1. to float easily and gently on the air
    • A breeze wafted through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume to my eager nostrils . . .
Etymology:
  • (rfe, Is the back formation from "wafter" plausible? Oxford ety dict. is the source; some refs point to possible Scandanavian root for word and also for obs. senses of waif)
  • (back-form, wafter, nodot=7) (armed convoy ship), alteration of Middle English waughter, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wachter (a guard), from wachten (to guard)
  • the current usage derives from the sense 'carried by water'. See waif


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