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waftage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwɒftɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From waft + -age.

Meanings

1. (countable, dated, uncountable) Conveyance, transportation on a buoyant medium, such as air or water. The act of being wafted.
   • The Ships appointed vvherein they ſhould goe, / And Boats prepar'd for vvaftage to and fro. 1627, Michaell [i.e., Michael] Drayton, “The Battaile of Agincourt”, in The Battaile of Agincourt. […], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for William Lee, […], →OCLC, page 19:
   • […] I ſtalke about her doore / Like a ſtrange ſoule upon the Stigian bankes / Staying for waftage. c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], column 2:

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