WAFERS
Noun
wafers
plural of wafer
Source: Wiktionary
WAFER
Wa"fer, n. Etym: [OE. wafre, OF. waufre, qaufre, F. qaufre; of
Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. wafel, G. waffel, Dan. vaffel, Sw.
våffla; 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