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WAFER
wafer
(noun) thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist)
wafer
(noun) a small thin crisp cake or cookie
wafer
(noun) a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wafer (plural wafers)
A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
(christianity) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.
(electronics) A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.
Synonyms
• (religion): host
Verb
wafer (third-person singular simple present wafers, present participle wafering, simple past and past participle wafered)
(transitive) To seal or fasten with a wafer.
Source: Wiktionary
Wa"fer, n. Etym: [OE. wafre, OF. waufre, qaufre, F. qaufre; of Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. wafel, G. waffel, Dan. vaffel, Sw. vĂĄffla; all akin to G. wabe a honeycomb, OHG. waba, being named from the resemblance to a honeycomb. G. wabe is probably akin to E. weave. See Weave, and cf. Waffle, Gauffer.]
1. (Cookery)
Definition: A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients. Wafers piping hot out of the gleed. Chaucer. The curious work in pastry, the fine cakes, wafers, and marchpanes. Holland. A woman's oaths are wafers -- break with making B. Jonson.
2. (Eccl.)
Definition: A thin cake or piece of bread (commonly unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or with the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church.
3. An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in sealing letters and other documents. Wafer cake, a sweet, thin cake. Shak.
– Wafer irons, or Wafer tongs (Cookery), a pincher-shaped contrivance, having flat plates, or blades, between which wafers are baked.
– Wafer woman, a woman who sold wafer cakes; also, one employed in amorous intrigues. Beau. & Fl.
Wa"fer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wafered; p. pr. & vb. n. Wafering.]
Definition: To seal or close with a wafer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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