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See Waive. |
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To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the
other; to float; to flutter; to undulate. |
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To be moved to and fro as a signal. |
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To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to
vacillate. |
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To move one way and the other; to brandish. |
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To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an
undulating form a surface to. |
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To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft. |
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To call attention to, or give a direction or command to,
by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to
signal; to indicate. |
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An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as
of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles
composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an
undulation. |
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A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a
body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage
of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase
repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See Undulation. |
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Water; a body of water. |
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Unevenness; inequality of surface. |
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A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the
hand, a flag, etc. |
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The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered,
or calendered, or on damask steel. |
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Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or
energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm. |
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Woe. |