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Wafer
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- 1 A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
"I was at the Mathematical School, where the Maſter taught his Pupils after a Method ſcarce imaginable to us in Europe. The Propoſition and Demonſtration were fairly written on a thin Wafer, with Ink compoſed of a Cephalick Tincture. This the Student was to ſwallow upon a faſting Stomach, and for three days following eat nothing but Bread and Water. As the Wafer digeſted, the Tincture mounted to his Brain, bearing the Propoſition along with it."
- 2 thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist) wordnet
- 3 A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
- 4 a small thin crisp cake or cookie wordnet
- 5 A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.
"The house supplied him with a wafer for his present purpose, with which, having sealed his letter, he returned hastily towards the brook side, in order to search for the things which he had there lost."
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- 6 a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters wordnet
- 7 A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.
- 1 To seal or fasten with a wafer. transitive
"[M]y Father, who knew he was well, wafered the paragraph upon a sheet of paper, and sent to his Lodgings."
Etymology
From Middle English wafre, from Anglo-Norman wafre, waufre (Old French gaufre), from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Low German wāfel, Middle Dutch wafel (“honeycomb”), West Flemish wafer. See also waffle.
From Middle English wafre, from Anglo-Norman wafre, waufre (Old French gaufre), from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Low German wāfel, Middle Dutch wafel (“honeycomb”), West Flemish wafer. See also waffle.
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