[waft] vb [(assumed) ME waughten to guard, convoy, fr. MD or MLG wachten to watch, guard; akin to OE waeccan to watch--more at wake] vi (ca. 1562): to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium ~ vt: to cause to move or go lightly by or as if by the impulse of wind or waves -- waft.er n
[2]waft n (1607) 1: something (as an odor) that is wafted: whiff
2: a slight breeze: puff
3: the act of waving
4: a pennant or flag used to signal or to show wind direction