Hypertext Webster Gateway: "waved"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Wave \Wave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waved} (w[=a]vd); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Waving}.] [OE. waven, AS. wafian to waver, to hesitate,
to wonder; akin to w[ae]fre wavering, restless, MHG. wabern
to be in motion, Icel. vafra to hover about; cf. Icel.
v[=a]fa to vibrate. Cf. {Waft}, {Waver}.]
1. To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the
other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.

His purple robes waved careless to the winds.
--Trumbull.

Where the flags of three nations has successively
waved. --Hawthorne.

2. To be moved to and fro as a signal. --B. Jonson.

3. To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to
vacillate. [Obs.]

He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither
good nor harm. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Waved \Waved\, a.
1. Exhibiting a wavelike form or outline; undulating;
intended; wavy; as, waved edge.

2. Having a wavelike appearance; marked with wavelike lines
of color; as, waved, or watered, silk.

3. (Her.) Having undulations like waves; -- said of one of
the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the
ordinaries, etc.


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