WAFT

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, perhaps from past participle of Middle English (northern dialect) waffen, by-form of Middle English waven to wave Date: 15th century intransitive verb to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium , transitive verb to cause to move or go lightly by or as if by the impulse of wind or waves, ~er noun II. noun Date: 1607 something (as an odor) that is ~ed ; whiff , a slight breeze ; puff , the act of waving, a pennant or flag used to signal or to show wind direction