wafer

[Wa·fer]

Thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist)

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A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.

Noun
thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist)

Noun
a small thin crisp cake or cookie

Noun
a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters


n.
A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.

n.
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.

n.
An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in sealing letters and other documents.

v. t.
To seal or close with a wafer.


Wafer

Wa"fer , n. [OE. wafre, OF. waufre, qaufre, F. qaufre; of Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. wafel, G. waffel, Dan. vaffel, Sw. v'86ffla; 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) A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.
Wafers piping hot out of the gleed.
The curious work in pastry, the fine cakes, wafers, and marchpanes.
A woman's oaths are wafers -- break with making
2. (Eccl.) 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, ∨ 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.

Wafer

Wa"fer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wafered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wafering.] To seal or close with a wafer.

A thin cake made of flour and other ingredients.

To seal or close with a wafer.

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