10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAFTURE»
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A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
WAFTURE, *. Signal, motion ; fromtowa/i. The different senses of wave, probably
produced this, and the two meanings of to waft ; the first from the waves of water,
the other from leaving the hand. But with an angry wafture of your hand Gave ...
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Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes. To ...
Wafting his eyes to the contrary - - Winter s Tale Wafture. But, with an angry
wafture of your hand, gave sign for me to leave you JJius Cersar] Wag. And
sorrow w ag ! cry, hem, when he should groan Much Ado About Notb.ij *7'+ W A I
Wag.
William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, Nicholas Rowe, 1791
POR. BRU. POR. But with an angry wafture” of your hand Gave sign for me to
leave you: so I did, Fearing to strengthen that impatience ' Which seem'd too
much enkindled, and withal Hoping it was but an effect of humour,” It will not let
you eat, ...
William Shakespeare, 1991
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The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume IX: Early Art: ...
A mist . . . wafture green.: In Lays of the Western Gael (19), these lines read:
Fergus rose. A mist ascended with him, and a flash was seen As of brazen
sandals blended with a mantle's wafture green; 60. Cuanna, and sat down,:
Ferguson ...
William Butler Yeats, John P. Frayne, Madeleine Marchaterre, 2010
I urg'd you further; then you scratch'd your head, And too impatiently stamp'd with
your foot; Yet I insisted, yet you answer'd not, 245 But with an angry wafture of
your hand Gave sign for me to leave you. So I did, Fearing to strengthen that ...
Desai. A. (ed.), William Shakespeare, A. Desai, 2001
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The Arden edition of the works of William Shakespeare
I urg'd you further; then you scratch'd your head, And too impatiently stamp'd with
your foot; Yet I insisted, yet you answer'd not, 245 But with an angry wafture of
your hand Gave sign for me to leave you. So I did, Fearing to strengthen that ...
William Shakespeare, Una Mary Ellis-Fermor, William H. Craig, 1955
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The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of ...
Id. You answered not; But with an angry wafture of your hand Gave sign for me to
leave you. Id. Thence wafted with a merry gale, Sees Leinster, and the golden
vale. Drayton. It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew, That what before she but ...
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The Oxford Shakespeare: Julius Caesar
Yet I insisted ; yet you answered not, But with an angry wafture of your hand Gave
sign for me to leave you. So I did, Fearing to strengthen that impatience Which
seemed too much enkindled, and withal 250 Hoping it was but an effect of ...
William Shakespeare, Arthur Humphreys, 2009
... You star'd upon me with ungentle looks. I urg'd you farther; then, you scratch'd
your head, And too impatiently stamp'd with your foot: Yet I insisted, yet you
answer'd not; But, with an angry wafture of your hand, Gave sign for me to leave
you.
William Shakespeare, Carl Graeser, 1870
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A general glossary to Shakespeare's works
wafture, the act of waving, a motion, Junus Cesar,' ii. 1. 246. V wag, to go, to pack
off : let them wag, The Merry Wives of Windsor, i. 3. 6 ; shall we wag t The Merry
Wives of Windsor, ii. 1. 205 ; let him wag, The Merry Wives of Windsor, ii. 3.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAFTURE»
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Cube26: Replenishing Kineticism to Emotion Technology
In the wafture of smartphone industry, privacy has been a major concern. Personal Devices are still not so personal and often lack privacy. Pioneering ... «Siliconindia.com, Jul 15»
Bishop Seabury eighth-grader wins Douglas County Spelling Bee
... words ranging from “toboggan” (a kind of sled) to “wafture” (the act of waving or a wavelike motion), at the 2013 Douglas County Spelling Bee on Saturday. «Lawrence Journal World, Feb 13»
