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Waved

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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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